Qingu, also romanized as Kingu, was a Mesopotamian god best known from the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, in which he served as the subordinate and spouse of the primordial goddess Tiamat and opposed the god Marduk on her behalf. After Marduk defeated him, Qingu was killed, and his blood was used to create humanity. Scholars suspect he may originally have been the antagonist of a separate, now lost myth unrelated to Tiamat, since most surviving references to him allude only to his defeat in the Enuma Elish, though he also appears in other texts such as The Defeat of Enmesarra. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
Nicole Brisch (ed.), Oracc / Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, University of Pennsylvania, 2011Qingu, Enuma Elish, Old BabylonianView the Source Wikipedia, "Qingu"
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