Tiamat
Meanings
name
- A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
- A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.
Word forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).
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