Marduk Vs Babylon Myth

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In the creation myths Scandinavia and Babylon some of the things they had in common were battling and arguing between the gods.For instance, the Scandinavian myth had a lot fighting and battling and a lot of that battling had to do with the creation of the earth. For example, Ymir was an evil giant and the gods could not live in peace while he was around. As a result of taking care of him they spilt his body parts and made them into different parts of the earth. The same was true in the Babylon myth. Marduk, the four-eared and four-eyed giant battled Tiamat, the goddess of the salt oceans. When she lost he split her body into two halves, one half he put in the sky to make the heavens, the other half became the land. In summary these creation

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