Marduk

I would suggest you look to the transitions between federation and empire in Sumer and its reflection in the mythology of ownership and control of the me, in which we can see, laid out for us, a story of the gradual usurpation of the Law and its subordination to the Will of the King of Gods (of which Marduk is probably the prime example).

Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007

I would suggest you look to the transitions between federation and empire in Sumer and its reflection in the mythology of ownership and control of the me, in which we can see, laid out for us, a story of the gradual usurpation of the Law and its subordination to the Will of the King of Gods (of which Marduk is probably the prime example).

A Response to a Response Hal Duncan 2007

The name Marduk appears here under the ideographic designation _Tutu_.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

[287] We may therefore expect, some day, to come across the name Marduk in Assyrian texts earlier than the ninth century.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

It's about a planet that existed called Marduk, which is supposed to be on a much bigger orbit than the other planets, so it comes back every 2000 or 3000 years, something like that.

The Wire 2009

Ea called Marduk to the place where he gave oracles,

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation 1895

Slide 13: The Gods of Mesopotamia II  Apsu: God of the primeval sweet waters  Ea: God of wisdom and patron of the arts  Enlil: God of earth, wind, and air (aka Marduk in later cultures)  Ninhursag: Mother goddess, creator of vegetation; wife of Enlil 

Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

The Mesopotamian pantheon contained many other gods of lesser significance, including national gods such as Marduk of Babylon and Assur of Assyria who were accorded leadership over the other gods by their own

Dictionary of the History of Ideas S. G. F. BRANDO 1968

Not all low attacks can be parried, such as Marduk's "Knee Slicer" (d+4).

IGN Complete 2010

The creation story of the Babylonians, for example, describes gods and goddesses who were involved in a cosmic conflict and were constantly massacring one another, until the god Marduk seized power and murdered the goddess Tiamat, from whom he created the heavens and the earth.

Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011