Tiamat

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).

Proper noun

Tiamat

1. (mythology) A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
2. (in the works of Zecharia Sitchin) A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.
   • 2003, Albert T Clay, Paul Tice, Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story:

     Sitchin also tells us Mummu was the planet Mercury - "One Who Was Born," and that Tiamat was an earlier Earth.

Anagrams

• tatami