Marduk

Marduk was the name of a later Babylonian god from Mesopotamia and was the partron god of the city of Babylon who eventually rose to the top of pantheon in ancient times in Mesopotamia.

He is often associated with water, vegatation, judgement and magic. He is the son of Ea and Damkina. He is commonly dipicted in imagery as human seen with his symbol, which was a great snake-dragon.

Before going into battle, he would often throw lightning before him, envelop his body in flame and summon his most powerful weapon, the flood.

Marduk is often associated with Tiamat, the goddess of the sea. In ancient mythology, the two gods were locked in battle, and in ancient myth, the world was created from the body of Tiamat, often depicted as a many headed serpent or dragon. Maruk is said to have defeated Tiamat with arrows of wind, a net, a mace or club and an invincible spear. The legend below tells of what Marduk did with the parts of Tiamat that were left over:

"And the lord stood upon Tiamat's hinder parts, And with his merciless club he smashed her skull. He cut through the channels of her blood, And he made the North wind bear it away into secret places."

He cut Tiamat in two, and made her ribs into the vault of earth and the heavens. He took her eyes and made them the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers as they were eternally crying.