Kingu

[ kin-goo ]

noun

1. (in Akkadian myth) a son of Apsu and Tiamat whose blood Ea and Marduk used in creating the human race.

Example Sentences

Also, instead of “Examining the lair,” I am inclined to return to my earlier rendering, “Noting the snarling of Kingu, her consort.”

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King attributes this fear and confusion not to Merodach, but to Kingu and his followers, which would seem to be more consistent, but the difficulty is, that the original gives no indication that this was the case.

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In this she is aided by certain gods, over whom she sets one, Kingu, her husband, as chief.

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The creatures whom Tiamtu had created to help her and strike terror into the hearts of the gods, were also brought into subjection, along with Kingu, her husband, from whom the tablets of fate were taken by the conqueror as things unmeet for Tiamtu's spouse to own.

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And the lord advanced, Tiamtu's retreat regarding Examining the lair of Kingu her consort.”

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