> [[white-j]]. "The Babylonian Creation Myth; The Enuma Elish (a story with Proto-Indo European roots)". [YouTube](https://youtu.be/50WE_wzBoww). [mp4](white-j2021-babylonian.mp4) ## Description > A reading and analysis of the Babylonian Creation Myth (Enuma Elish), to help understand the evolution of the Proto-Indo European Creation Myth. To me I treat it as the missing link of how we get to the Abrahamic religions from the PIE Creation Myth, and I will talk about that step in a video soon. Here I read through a contemporary translation I've compiled, and add commentary as I go, to explain the references, the ideas it is trying to apply to the culture, and the hidden footprints of the PIE myths it is walking in. I do reference a paper (I use JSTOR as most Universities subscribe to it and so it is free for me): The Fifth Tablet of the Enuma Elis, by Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson, from the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (July 1961) But I also use the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, and the Jewish Publishing Society Commentary version of the Genesis story in the Torah, as biblical reference. [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=0s) Introduction [2:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=145s) A Brief History of the Enuma Elish [4:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=290s) Story: The First Gods + Commentary on who Apsu and Tiamat really were [7:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=445s) Story: The Birth of Ea + Commentary [8:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=512s) Story: The Killing of Apsu + Commentary on Order versus Chaos [11:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=674s) Story: The Birth of Marduk + Commentary on Temples [12:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=765s) Story: Marduk acquires Power + Commentary on Henotheism [13:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=828s) Story: The Rise of Kingu and the Anunnaki + Commentary on Chaos [16:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1008s) Story: The Rise of Marduk + Commentary on Cloth [20:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1252s) Story: Weapons and Winds and the Marduk fights Tiamat [25:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1553s) Story: Creating the world from parts of Tiamat [27:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1645s) Commentary: Tiamat the Cow [28:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1705s) Story: Homes for all the gods + Commentary on Ea's role [29:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1765s) Story: Creating man from Kingu [30:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=1848s) Story: Building Temples [33:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=2033s) The 50 Names of Marduk [47:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=2852s) Story: Ea acknowledges Marduk [49:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=8&t=2957s) Further analysis of the Proto-Indo European links