Episode 4923: Dark Enigma - The Birth Of The Gods And The Battle Against Tiawath

Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be considered disturbing, frightening and in some cases even offensive.  Listener Discretion is therefore advised.  Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained.  I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the things that go bump in the night, frighteningly imagined creatures, supernatural beings and even some unsolved mysteries but I promise all sorts of weirdness.  So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....  And on today’s Dark enigma well, we are diving deep into some more myths and legends!  So, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight.  The choice of libation, as always my darlings, is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say Tiawath that will be a single shot and every time I say Merodach, that will be a double shot.  Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… so don your best scholarly duds, grab your thinking cap as we dive into today’s offering of  The Birth Of The Gods And The Battle Against Tiawath As in so many creation myths we find chaotic darkness brooding over a waste of waters; heaven and earth were not yet. Naught existed save the primeval ocean, Mommu Tiawath, from whose fertile depths came every living thing. Not were the waters distributed, as in the days of man, into sea, river or lake, but all were confined together in one vast and bottomless abyss. Neither did god or man exist: their names were unknown and their destinies undetermined. The future was as dark as the gloom which lay over the mighty gulf of chaos. Nothing had been designed or debated concerning it.  But there came a stirring in the darkness and the great gods arose. First came Lahmu and Lahame; and many epochs later, Ansar and Kisar, component parts of whose names signify 'Host of Heaven' and 'Host of Earth.' These latter names we may perhaps accept as symbolical of the spirits of heaven and of earth respectively. Many days afterward came forth their son Anu, god of the heavens.