When Tiamat heard this, My thoughts were clouded, I lost my mind. Tiamat roared, soaring upward, From the foot to the top, its carcass shook.

However, she failed to win the battle. Marduk entangled it in nets and filled its belly with violent winds.

Her body swelled, her mouth opened, He shot an arrow and cut her belly, He cut her insides, took possession of her heart, He overcame her, he cut her life short. He threw her corpse, he stepped on it.

Tiamat's companions were also defeated. And Marduk decided to create a comfortable dwelling for the gods from the corpse of the dragon.

He cut her carcass, created a cunning one, Cut it in half like a shell, He took half of it and covered the sky with it, He made locks, set guards, Let them make sure that the waters do not seep out... He made encampments for the great gods, Stars-planets, likeness of gods, he made... Saliva Drain Tiamat Marduk gathered it and drove it into the clouds, Huddled into cumulus clouds... He set the head of Tiamat, and he filled it with a mountain; He opened the abyss, and streams rushed in. He passed the Tigris and the Euphrates through her eyes... Thus he created heaven and earth, He has firmly bound the bond between heaven and earth,

Then he appointed his rituals, established his rites...

The gods praised Marduk for his wisdom, and then he decided to make servants for them.

"I will gather the blood, I will bind it with bones, I will create a creature, I will call it a man, Verily, I will create men. Let them serve the gods so that they may rest."

Marduk took the blood of the murdered god Kingui and made a man out of it. The gods erected majestic dwellings-temples for themselves from bricks. People should build the same temples.

The likeness of what he created in heaven, let it be done on earth! Let people remember, let them call out to God! According to the words of his mouth, let the goddess be honored! Let bread sacrifices be offered to the deities! Let the gods be kept without negligence!

According to another myth, the gods, wanting to burden someone with hard work, decided to create people.

"The Most Wise" is the god who has understanding, They killed in their congregation. From his body, from his blood The goddess Ninta kneaded clay. To hear the beating of the heart forever, The mind lives in the flesh of God, Knows the living sign of his life... The Anunnaki called the great gods... Thus saith to the great gods: "You ordered — I committed... I saved you from work, I gave your baskets to a person." (Transl. by V. K. Afanasyeva)

2. The Egyptian Story of the Creation of the World

According to the Memphis legend, the progenitor of everything was the god Ptah (or Ptah).