RELS 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sons Of God, Culture Hero, Numinous
15 Feb 2017
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Lecture #15: myth, story, type of story people consider sacred, 1, tale of primal combat between the forces of order and the forces of disorder, marduk is the chief god of babylon, enuma elish. Divided into 7 parts: gods emerge from chaotic waters, discord broke out among the gods that were brothers, mummu accuses abzu to kill his offspring, abzu is killed, marduk is the tallest and strongest god. If marduk wins then he gets full power over creation of the world: kills tiamat. Half of her goes to sky half of her creates the earth. Eyes are tigris and euphrates: political history of mesopotamia, note the gender roles and relationships, 2. Judaism / christian / islam: moses led israel out of egypt (known as a great prophet, transmitted divine commandments. Allowing hebrews to pass safely: moses has 10 commandments. Adventures and deeds of a culture hero: 2 people.
