Tiamat, originating from ancient Babylonian mythology, is also known as the dragon, symbolizing the vast ocean. Her name, Tiamat, derives from Semitic languages, where "ti" means life and "ama" means mother, hence this name signifies "mother of all life," namely the Mother of Creation in the Babylonian Divine Era.
In the ancient Babylonian epic "Enuma Elish," water is recorded as the primordial element.
The power of the ocean’s salty water gave birth to Mother Goddess Tiamat, while the power of the river’s fresh water birthed Father God Apsu.
The two catalyzed divinity, allowing salty and fresh water to intertwine, thereby creating all things in the world. Subsequently, the Pantheon of Babylonian Gods, representing the will of nature, emerged during this magnificent creation.
However, as life on earth gradually increased, the eternal tranquility was shattered. The gods of ancient Babylon incessantly quarreled, fought, and killed, making it unbearable for Tiamat and Apsu, who sought rest through sleep to recover their losses.
Finally, the irritable Apsu could no longer tolerate it. He attempted to unite with Mother Goddess Tiamat, determined to unleash a great flood to destroy all these lazy and sinful progeny. However, Mother Goddess Tiamat did not agree with Apsu’s plan; instead, out of love for her children, she told the gods about Apsu’s intentions.
Enki, the god of earth, water, and wisdom, upon hearing Mother Goddess Tiamat’s warning, consulted with his brothers and sisters and decisively killed Apsu. Thereafter, Tiamat was revered as the Grand Mother and received great respect.
However, when Enki and other deities spawned a desire for authority, they soon demanded that Tiamat relinquish the throne of the Lord of the Gods. Enraged by the insolent demands of her offspring, Tiamat whipped the messenger god sent to her before sending him back.
Having witnessed the might of Mother Goddess Tiamat, the Babylonian gods grew both fearful and terrified, understandably believing that this mother goddess might retaliate against them someday.
Once the opponent was angered, there was no room for retreat.
Thus, the Babylonian gods conspired once more, exploiting Tiamat’s weakness to storms (likely a metaphor for the ocean’s susceptibility to storms) and Father God Apsu’s remains, secretly forging a godslaying weapon. This was handed to the bravest Divine King Marduk in their clan, along with blessings for both.
Ultimately, the Divine War erupted, and Marduk, wielding this specialized godslaying weapon, killed Mother Goddess Tiamat and seized the supreme authority of the "God of All Gods."
At this moment, Luo En gazed at the wound inflicted by the giant axe that crossed the woman’s abdomen, nearly splitting her in two, his eyes flickering with contemplation.
If he remembered correctly, that godslaying weapon crafted by the Babylonian gods should be called — Marduk’s Axe.
So, could the person before him truly be the Mother of Creation, Tiamat, of ancient Babylon?
Did she just escape from that Divine War, severely wounded?
No, not merely severely wounded!
Luo En peered through the writhing wound on Tiamat’s abdomen to the inside, seeing that her Divine Core was missing, and the source of divine power was rapidly waning.
Evidently, this Babylonian Mother of Creation had already been stripped of her authority, left with nothing but a soon-to-shatter empty shell.
As for why Tiamat managed to drift, on the verge of death, to the Celtic God Era, Luo En had a rough guess in his heart.
"You’ve really brought me a huge problem."
Luo En reached out to pat Leviathan’s wet head beside him, shaking his head helplessly.
In Hebrew Mythology, apart from being a creation of God, the Deep Sea Giant Snake Leviathan is also thought by some to be a serpent monster influenced by Dragon Mother Tiamat’s divinity.
This implies that both belong to oceanic divine monsters, possessing a certain connection and resonance, and a natural affinity.
Probably for this reason, Leviathan, whom he had been raising in the Sea of Chaos, had the fortuitous opportunity to come to the Babylonian Divine Era, rescuing the critically injured Tiamat in a crisis. Finally, it brought the dying ancient Babylonian Mother of Creation back to the European Divine Era, seeking help from him, the old father.
However, with Tiamat’s Divine Core taken and her Divine Body severely damaged, she was on the brink of destruction; even though Luo En wanted to help, he truly felt powerless.
At this moment, Tiamat had just uttered a few words before coughing violently, causing the wound through her abdomen to rip open again, ejecting a large gush of golden Divine Blood.
Cracks of light containing Curse Power began to spread rapidly, eroding two-thirds of Tiamat’s body in an instant, with large pieces of golden star fragments peeling from her body, causing the already flickering fire of life to waver further.
Luo En steeled his heart, unable to think much more, decisively lifting Tiamat and rushing directly toward the Kabbalah Tree of Life.
As things stand, it was a desperate move.
After seven days and nights of rescue, the almost collapsing Tiamat was finally pulled back from the brink of death.
Luo En looked at the light-shaped fetal membrane, observing the significantly shrunken Tiamat within, and reluctantly rubbed his forehead.
In order to peel away the Godslaying Power that had infiltrated Tiamat’s body, he had no choice but to perform some excision surgery on this Mother Goddess, which resulted in such an outcome.
And this was merely the beginning.
Although Tiamat’s life was temporarily preserved, without her Divine Core, and having been banished from the Babylonian Divine Era, her original divinity had become water without a source and wood without roots, dwindling with every use.
Yet, to maintain her existence, she had no choice but to consume her remaining original divinity.