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[[File:Chaos Monster and Sun God.png|thumb|Tiamat and Marduk]] | [[File:Chaos Monster and Sun God.png|thumb|Tiamat and Marduk]] | ||
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In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is the female principle of chaos (represented as the anarchic, tumultuous sea or the powers of salt water) which takes the form of a dragon. She is depicted as the enemy of the gods of light and law. | In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is the female principle of chaos (represented as the anarchic, tumultuous sea or the powers of salt water) which takes the form of a dragon. She is depicted as the enemy of the gods of light and law. | ||
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== Zechariah Sitchin’s theories == | == Zechariah Sitchin’s theories == | ||
Zecharia Sitchin interprets the creation myth as a tale of the creation of our solar system: In the beginning before the formation of the other planets, there was only Aspu (the Sun), Mummu ([[Mercury (the planet)|Mercury]]), and Tiamat. Tiamat (the “missing planet”) was later split in half when it collided with the satellites of Marduk, a large planet drawn into this solar system by the gravitational pull of Neptune. Tiamat’s upper half, along with her chief satellite, became Earth and her moon; her lower half, shattered by Marduk during its second orbit, became the asteroid belt between [[Mars]] and Jupiter. | Zecharia Sitchin interprets the creation myth as a tale of the creation of our solar system: In the beginning before the formation of the other planets, there was only Aspu (the Sun), Mummu ([[Mercury (the planet)|Mercury]]), and Tiamat. Tiamat (the “missing planet”) was later split in half when it collided with the satellites of Marduk, a large planet drawn into this solar system by the gravitational pull of [[Neptune]]. Tiamat’s upper half, along with her chief satellite, became Earth and her [[The Moon|moon]]; her lower half, shattered by Marduk during its second orbit, became the [[Maldek|asteroid belt]] between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. | ||
Sitchin suggests that in this series of events Marduk transferred the seed of life to Earth, giving her “the biological and complex early forms of life for whose early appearance there is no other explanation.” He says that at the time the human species on Earth was just beginning to stir, Marduk had already evolved into a planet with high levels of civilization and technology. | Sitchin suggests that in this series of events Marduk transferred the seed of life to Earth, giving her “the biological and complex early forms of life for whose early appearance there is no other explanation.” He says that at the time the human species on Earth was just beginning to stir, Marduk had already evolved into a planet with high levels of civilization and technology. | ||