Marduk

Marduk
Creation, Water, Vegetation, Judgment, Magic, Babylon
General Information
Species	God
Race	Anunaki
Biological sex	Male
Aliases	Nimrod An
Titles	Bel
Powers & Abilities	Creation
Abodes	Heaven
Weapons	A shovel
Temples	Babel
Moral alignment	Good
Archetypes	Demiurge Patron
Relationships
Parents	Enki and Damgalnuna (Babylon mythology) Cushi(Abrahamic mythology)
Siblings	Ninsar, [[Ninkurra]], Uttu, Ninti
Spouses	Sarpanit
Children	Nabu
Affinity	Thunder, creation
Affiliation	Babylon
Enemies	Tiamat
Counterparts	NImrod
Languages
al-ʿArabiyyaẗ(Arabic)	مردوخ نمرود(Namrud)
Equivalents
Akkadian equivalent	Adad
Canaanite equivalent	Baal-Hadad
Egyptian equivalent	Amun
Etruscan equivalent	Tinia
Graeco-Egyptian equivalent	Belos Zeus-Amon
Greek equivalent	Zeus
Israelite equivalent	Merodach
Romano-Egyptian equivalent	Belos Jupiter-Amon
Zoroastrian equivalent	Indra

Marduk (Hebrew: Nimrod, Sumerian: Namarutu) was the an ancient Mesopotamian god and patron of Babylon. He was the son of Enki and Ninhursag. He defeated Tiamat (his great-great-great-grandmother), the personification of salt water and chaos, and then Kingu (her son), her co-ruler.

Origin

The origin of Marduk is a mistery, but presumably Marduk can come from the Akkadian god of rains and stroms Adad, which makes clear its Akkadian origin.

Bel

During the first millennium BC Marduk was syncretized with Enlil and Tammuz, also acquiring the title Bel (That was an adaptation of the semitic Title Baal) during the first milenium BC, Bel also was use by Athur (the rival of Marduk).

Family

Anunnaki Genealogy in Mesopotamian mythology

Abzu   Tiamat                                                                                                           Mummu   Kingu   Lahmu   Lahamu                                                                                               Anshar   Kishar                                                                                         Anu   Antu                                                                                                                                                                                                             Enki   Ninhursag   Enlil   Ninlil     Nusku   Dagon   Ninsun         Lugulbanda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ashnan   Lahar   Ninsar     Ningal   Sin   Nidaba   Enkimdu   Gilgamesh                                                                                                                             Sarpanitam   Marduk   Shamash   Inanna   Tammuz   ʻAṯtartu   Ereshkigal   Nergal                                                                                                   Aruru                                             Ninazu

Marduk kills Tiamat