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Qingu, also
spelled Kingu (𒀭𒆥𒄖, d kin-gu, lit. 'unskilled laborer'), was a god in
Babylonian mythology, and the son of the gods Abzu and Tiamat. After...
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Babylonian epic
Enuma Elish, in
which Tiamat bestows this
tablet on
Qingu (previously
written as Kingu) when she
takes him as her
consort and gives...
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perceived as an
inactive figure,
similarly to
deities such as
Enmesharra or
Qingu.
Mummu is best
known from the epic poem Enūma Eliš,
where he is portra****...
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bringing forth a
series of
monsters as weapons. She also
takes a new consort,
Qingu, and
bestows on him the
Tablet of Destinies,
which represents legitimate...
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defeated primordial figures alongside Asag, Enmesharra, Lugaldukuga,
Qingu and others. Such
enumerations are
embedded in a
number of
expository or...
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living on
Mount Nüji (女幾) in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, as well as on
Mount Qingu (琴鼓), Jade Mountain, and
Mount Yaobi (瑤碧)—all in
southern China. According...
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equate Enmesharra with other,
usually cosmogonic, figures: Lugaldukuga, Anu,
Qingu,
Alala and
otherwise largely unknown Ubnu.
Enmesharra belonged to the group...
- of Enlil. A myth
mentioning him, The
Defeat of Enutila, Enmešarra, and
Qingu, is known, but only 18
lines survive.
Andrew R.
George suggests that in...
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world using her body. He then uses the
blood of
another slain god,
Qingu to
create humans.
Depictions of
redemptive violence can also be seen in...
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identified with Tutu. A
single late hymn
identifies him as a son of
Qingu.
Frans Wiggermann argues that in
addition to
being the god of sailors, he...
