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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />I do reference a paper (I use JSTOR as most Universities subscribe to it and so it is free for me):<br /><br />The Fifth Tablet of the Enuma Elis, by Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson, from the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (July 1961)<br /><br />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.<br /><br /> Chapters<br />================================================<br />0:00 Introduction<br />2:25 A Brief History of the Enuma Elish<br />4:50 Story: The First Gods + Commentary on who Apsu and Tiamat really were<br />7:25 Story: The Birth of Ea + Commentary<br />8:32 Story: The Killing of Apsu + Commentary on Order versus Chaos<br />11:14 Story: The Birth of Marduk + Commentary on Temples<br />12:45 Story: Marduk acquires Power + Commentary on Henotheism<br />13:48 Story: The Rise of Kingu and the Anunnaki + Commentary on Chaos<br />16:48 Story: The Rise of Marduk + Commentary on Cloth<br />20:52 Story: Weapons and Winds and the Marduk fights Tiamat<br />25:53 Story: Creating the world from parts of Tiamat<br />27:25 Commentary: Tiamat the Cow<br />28:25 Story: Homes for all the gods + Commentary on Ea's role<br />29:25 Story: Creating man from Kingu<br />30:48 Story: Building Temples<br />33:53 The 50 Names of Marduk<br />47:32 Story: Ea acknowledges Marduk<br />49:17 Further analysis of the Proto-Indo European links<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50WE_wzBoww</a>