Mesopotamian Pantheonweapon
Imhullu (Evil Wind)
- Storm Force
- Chaos Binding
- Creation Victory
The storm-weapon Marduk used to swell Tiamat's belly before piercing her with an arrow in the Enuma Elish.
About Imhullu (Evil Wind)
Marduk's evil wind
Enuma Elish: Marduk arms for Tiamat with bow, arrow, net, and the imhullu, the evil wind, among other storms. The wind inflates Tiamat so that he can shoot her and split her to make heaven and earth. The poem is a late second-millennium Babylonian creation-and-kingship text, recited at the akitu festival. Imhullu is a named storm-weapon in that arsenal, not a relic in a temple inventory matched to a find. Marduk's victory is Babylon's charter, written in Akkadian.
Origin
Forged among Marduk's arsenal for the battle against Tiamat.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Enuma Elish, Tablet IV
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