The First Gods Were Born Before Earth" Before there were
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The First Gods Were Born Before Earth Before there were humans before there was Earth there were only two primordial beings Abzu the god of fresh waters and the goddess of the salty water Tiamat According to the ancient sumarian tablets when their waters mixed together something incredible thing happened They gave birth to the first generation of gods These divine beings multiplied and with them came order conflict and the beginning of creation itself But peace didn't last The younger gods became so loud that Abzu wanted to destroy them Tiamat refused at first but Enki son Anu foresaw the treat and killed Abzu Tiamat was in rage she unleashed monstrous beings and declared war on the younger gods That was the cosmic battle would reshape the universe forever The oldest Mesopotamian creation story begins not with land or light but with two primordial waters that gave birth to the gods themselves Was this the world's first creation story or the forgotten origin behind later myths