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  • Ea's antelope and fish were blended to make a monster, usually known as the "goat-fish," which in India and elsewhere assumed a great variety of forms.

    The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

  • At last Ea's son Marduk, at the request of the gods, becomes their champion and conquers the Dragon of Chaos.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

  • Elsewhere it might happen, however, that Ea's gifts were restricted or withheld by an obstructing force -- the raging storm god, or the parching, pestilence-bringing deity of the sun.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • [225] The second sentence of Ea's speech is conjectural, as the lines are mutilated.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • Ea's "faithful spouse" was the goddess Damkina, who was also called

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • [157] This may refer to Ea's first visit when he overcame Kingu, but did not attack Tiamat.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • Anu offered him the water of life and the bread of life which would have made him immortal, but Ea's son refused to eat or drink, believing, as his father had warned him, that the sky god desired him to partake of the bread of death and to drink of the water of death.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • It is possible that the belief obtained among even the water worshippers of Eridu that the sun and moon, which rose from the primordial deep, had their origin in the everlasting fire in Ea's domain at the bottom of the sea.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • Ea's field was in the west, and was associated with Amurru, the land of the

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

  • King Dungi plundered its famous "Temple of the High Head", E-sagila, which some identify with the Tower of Babel, so as to secure treasure for Ea's temple at Eridu, which he specially favoured.

    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904

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