on beginnings
April 14th, 2007 by herichon
When heaven above was not yet named,
Nor earth below pronounced by name,
Apsu, the first one, their begetter
And maker Tiamat, who bore them all,
Had mixed their waters together,
But had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds;
When yet no gods were manifest,
Nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed,
Then gods were born within them.
- from Enuma elish, the Babylonian creation epos, tablet 1, 1900 BCE