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		specifically the rise to power and authority of the young god Ninurta as a result of his recovery of the Tablet of Destinies after its theft from Enlil by the monster Anzu.
		To him belonged the Tablet of Destinies by which the fates of men and gods were decreed.
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	'Guide to the Akkadian Texts' paper by Ian Lawton
		Tablet IV describes the battle between Marduk and Tiamat, in which he slays her by shooting an arrow which pierces her belly and splits her in two; half of her he destroys and scatters to the winds, and 'half of her he put up to roof the sky'; he then retrieves the 'tablet of destinies'.
		Tablet V covers Marduk’s reception by the rest of the gods, the granting of overall kingship to him, and his plan to establish Babylon, initially as a city of the gods.
		Tablet VII is fragmented, but appears to describe a dream in which Enkidu learns that a council of the gods has decreed that either he or Gilgamesh must die as a punishment for their slaying of Humbaba and 'the Bull' (this elaborates on Enlil’s furious reaction noted in the Sumerian version).
	www.ianlawton.com /mes5.htm (4286 words)

	The Myth of Anzu
		Cuneiform documents dating from the early second millennium BC describe how Ea, god of water and wisdom, held the Tablet of Destiny, a cuneiform tablet on which the fates were written and gave supreme power to its possessor.
		Feathers, return to the birds!" He was holding the gods' Tablet of Destinies in his hand, And they influenced the string of the bow, the arrows did not come near his body.
		Feathers, return to the birds!" He was holding the gods' Tablet of Destinies in his hand, And they influenced the string of the bow, the arrows did not come near his body Deadly silence came over the battle and conflict ceased.
	www.piney.com /Babmythanzu.html (2874 words)

	alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7
		She gave Qingu the Tablet of Destinies to facilitate his command and attack.
		He guards the "tablets of destiny", which allow him to determines the fate of all things animate or inanimate.
		He recovered the Tablet of Destinies for Ellil.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/mythology/assyrbabyl-faq (7532 words)

	Myths of the Sands - Myth of Ninurta
		This is the same Tablet of Destinies, which the Anzu had stolen in the Babylonian epic on Ninurta and Anzu (see Epic of Anzu), but in this Sumerian poem, we don't know how the Anzu had gain the tablet of divine power.
		The bird is allured to in two Ninurta's myth, where Ninurta captured bird and hanged Anzu to the front guard of his chariot in the Return of Ninurta to Nibru (Nippur), and in the Exploits of Ninurta, where Anzu was one of the creatures, killed by Ninurta.
		Enlil was the keeper of the Tablet of Destinies, where much of Enlil’s power resided in.
	www.timelessmyths.com /sands/babylon/ninurta.php (3004 words)

	eidolon.net: Tablet of Destinies by Traci Harding
		Tory seeks the counsel of the Tablet of Destinies and is told that the changelings are the first of the Devachan to venture into human existence, and that her twins are the first humans to choose to experience the world of the Devachan...
		Tory seeks the counsel of the Tablet of Destinies.
		She is told that the changelings are the first of the Devachan to venture into human existence, and that her twins are the first humans to choose to experience the world of the Devachan.
	www.eidolon.net /?book=tabletofdestinies&pagetitle=Tablet+of+Destinies (278 words)

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		Tablet II Ea appeals to his father Anshar, Sumerian name for the father of Anu, who urges him to face Tiamat.
		Tablet IV The destiny of Marduk is proclaimed.
		Tablet VI On the suggestion of Marduk, Ea creates man, “primeval man,” to ease the burden on the gods, and provide them with leisure.
	www.pitt.edu /~jemst76/Enuma.doc (725 words)

	wisdomninurta
		Ninurta's connection with the Tablet of Destinies is attested in the poorly preserved Sumerian myth "Ninurta and the Turtle".
		The possession of the Tablet of Destinies was also an important characteristic of Babylonian Nabu in his capacity as the god of scribal arts.
		The destinies fixed annually in divine assembly was the divine counterpart of the practice and by sealing the Vassal Treaties Assur determined his vassals' destinies.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /essays/wisdomninurta.html (2856 words)

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		This is proved by tablet Spartali ii, 2Ã—5A, where the scribe writes his lines and spaces the words in such a way as to show the subdivision of the lines.
		Marduk took from him the TABLET OF DESTINIES, which should never have been his, He sealed it with a seal1 and fastened it on his breast After he had crushed and overthrown his enemies, He made the haughty enemy to be like the dust underfoot.
		But it is now known that the tablet which was believed to refer to man's eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge (K. 615) describes the banquet of the gods to which they invited Marduk.
	fax.libs.uga.edu /BL1620xB7/1f/babylonian_legends_of_creation.txt (13133 words)

	Anzu - Demons, Demonology, and Evil of the Eastern and Asian Cultures
		In Enlil's case, one of his main sources of power was his insignia, which included a list of all the "destinies" he had decided his subjects would accomplish (called a Tablet of Destinies).
		One day while the god was bathing, he took off his insignia and the register of destinies and put it aside.
		Enlil was enraged by this action and called a meeting among all the gods to find a champion who would fight against Anzu, regain the Tablet of Destinies, and set the word right again.
	www.deliriumsrealm.com /delirium/articleview.asp?Post=95 (584 words)

	The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He guards the "tablets of destiny", which allow him to determines the fate of all things animate or inanimate.
		After the Tablet of Destinies was stolen, Belit-ili, at Ea's advice, instructed him to kill Anzu.
		Another tablet of the Babylonian Gilgamesh story exists, which is similar to the Sumerian version of the tale.
	home.comcast.net /~chris.s/assyrbabyl-faq.html (7630 words)

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	www.logicjungle.com /Tablet_of_Destinies.html (413 words)

	The Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Myth
		This version was written sometime in the 12th century BC in cuneiform on seven clay tablets.
		In the chamber of fates, the abode of destinies,
		Tablet IV The council of the gods tests Marduk’s powers by having him make a garment disappear and then reappear.
	www.cresourcei.org /enumaelish.html (8218 words)

	Mythology Theme: Demons: Anzu - :: LEAST I COULD DO FORUM ::
		The god Enlil had a number of objects that he would bestow some of his power into and which would then become a source of power for the gods (similar to the rings in Lord of the Rings).
		Ninurta called upon 'the seven winds' and shot at him with arrows, but the great bird held the Tablet of Destinies, which deflected all attacks against him.
		And warrior Ninurta regained the Tablets of Destinies for his own hand.
	www.leasticoulddo.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=21087 (741 words)

	Tablet of Destinies, Traci Harding - Voyager Online
		Tory seeks the counsel of the Tablet of Destinies and is told that the changelings are the first of the Devachan to venture into human existence, and that her twins are the first humans to choose to experience the world of the Devachan...
		To reclaim their children, Tory and Maelgwn must journey into the fourth dimension.
		This may not be the price charged by the online retailer.
	www.voyageronline.com.au /books/title.cfm?ISBN=0732266831&Author=18 (241 words)

	The Schoyen Collection: 23. Extinct and living religions
		BC, 1 tablet, 21x17x4 cm, 3 columns, 16+16+16+4 lines in cuneiform script by a teacher of a scribal school in column 1, with 2 students repeating the hymn in columns 2 and 3.
		Ea or Enki, was the god of the fresh water, creation, destinies, and was especially associated with wisdom, magic and incantations.
		Nevertheless Dionysius' name has been found on linear B tablets, indicating his name and cult might be Minoan or Mycenaean in origin.
	www.schoyencollection.com /religions.htm (13216 words)

	The Arcane Archive - The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ version 1.8html
		He is the king and shepherd of the people of Uruk, but he was very wild, which upset his people, so they called out to Anu.
		Enkidu comes into the city Gilgamesh is on his way to deflower the brides in the city's "bride-house" and the two fight.
		"Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XII" Another tablet of the Babylonian Gilgamesh story exists, which is similar to the Sumerian version of the tale.
	www.arcane-archive.org /faqs/faq.asbamth.9908.php (8316 words)

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		At the head of this monstrous horde she places Kingu, who is said to be her son or lover, (neither translation refers to him as both, only one or the other) and affixes the Tablet of Destinies to his breast and arms him with mighty weapons and declares him greatest among the gods.
		The tablet on which these events occur was damaged, and the exact happenings are sketchily guessed at.
		He reclaims the Tablet of Destinies from Kingu, and attaches it to his own breast, thus securing his place as overlord of all.
	www.bodyandmind.co.za /infopage.php?iid=102 (1287 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Mesopotamian mythology, the Tablet of Destinies (not, as frequently misquoted in general works, the 'Tablets of Destiny') was envisaged as a clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform writing, also impressed with cylinder seals, which, as a permanent legal document, conferred upon the god Enlil his supreme authority as ruler of the universe.
		In the Enuma Elish Tiamat bestows this tablet on Qingqu and gives him command of her army.
		Marduk, the chosen champion of the gods then fights and destroys Tiamat and her army and reclaims the Tablet of Destiny for himself, thereby legitimating his rule among the gods.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tablets_of_Destiny (203 words)

	Class Summaries 17FEB 06
		Tablet I of Atrahasis begins with the Anunnaki (the eldest creator gods) pawning off their labor to the lesser gods (the Igigi), who complain about their work being too difficult, digging endless canals and trenches.
		Remember that this Tablet is the new name for the Holy me, and it is the same one that Marduk had to reclaim from Qingu in The Epic of Creation.
		The Tablet of Destinies is returned to Ellil, and Nintura becomes the hero for the day.
	ksuweb.kennesaw.edu /~shagin/WLsumSP06FRI0217 (4716 words)

	Episode I
		At the same time, however, their “destinies were undetermined”, i.e., the orbits of the planets were not yet stable.
		It was this granting to Kingu of a “Tablet of Destinies” -- a planetary path of his own -- that especially upset the outer planets/gods.
		Nibiru was thus granted his “destiny”, a relatively fixed orbit about the Sun, and was to be supreme among all the celestial gods.
	www.halexandria.org /dward722.htm (6032 words)

	Enuma Elish--The Babylonian Creation Story (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The beginning of the world was a time before destinies were fixed, so basically Marduk and Kingu are fighting over the power to shape the universe.
		He grabs the Tablet of Destiny away from Kingu and fastens it to his own breast.
		He presents the Tablet of Destiny to Anu and them makes statues of the eleven monsters, setting them up "at the door of Apsu" (Dalley 257).
	faculty.gvsu.edu /websterm/Enuma_Elish.html (2887 words)

	Man and His Gods
		Because of the difficulty of drawing accurate pictograms on clay tablets the Sumerian writing rapidly degenerated into conventional cuneiform symbols which were made with the beveled tip of a reed, the bricks and prisms of fine clay on which these symbols were commonly inscribed being rendered hard and durable by baking.
		These books consisted of tablets of the finest homogeneous clay which lent itself admirably to the cuneiform script, and they were written with rare mistakes in a uniform, almost perfect hand.
		On occasion Marduk's tablet might decree good health and fortune for a man, but the general lot seems to have been an almost continuous state of misery, as though the gods were chronically choleric.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/homer2a.htm (7620 words)

	Ziggurat
		This is a Hurrian Hymn from Syria, preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, played here on an instrument tonally similar to the wooden asymmetric-shaped lyres of the Middle East at this amazingly distant time, when the Pharaoh's still ruled ancient Egypt.
		The melody is an interpretation by Richard Dumbrill, from the ambiguous Cuneiform text of the Hurrian language in which it was written.
		The lyre on which it is played is, in fact a replica of the ancient Jewish Kinnor from neighbouring Israel; the original "Harp of David" and is performed by Mike Levy aka Klezfiddle...
	www.ancientsites.com /member/Etana/Kishra/24138 (475 words)

	Dragons of the Ancient World
		She also had eleven more children, one of which was Qingu, whom she made greatest among the others.
		Ea again found out about her scheming and told his father, Anshar, who brought the matter to the rest of the gods.
		Of these distinct Sumerian versions of the dragon-slaying myths, two of them are almost entirely unknown and have been reconstructed and deciphered by Kramer.
	www.richeast.org /htwm/dragons/dragons.html (2006 words)

	Enuma Elish
		Your commands shall always prevail over all the Anukki!" Then she gave him the Tablet of Destinies and made him clasp it to his breast.
		Their bodies swelled as they drank the liquor; They became very carefree, they were merry, And they decreed destiny for Marduk their champion.
		Let the winds bear her blood to us as good news!' The gods his fathers thus decreed the destiny of the lord And set him on the path of peace and obedience.
	www.meta-religion.com /World_Religions/Christianity/Other_Books/enuma_elish.htm (8369 words)

	Marduk - Definition, explanation
		Marduk, a very young god, answered the call, and was promised the position of head god.
		When he killed his enemy he "wrested from him the Tablet of Destinies, wrongfully his" and assumed his new position.
		Under his reign humans were created to bear the burdens of life so the gods could be at leisure.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/ma/marduk.php (772 words)

	Ninurta - Definition, explanation
		In what may be an alternate version another text relates how the monster Anzu steals the Tablet of Destinies which Enlil requires to maintain his rule.
		Ninurta slays each of the monsters later known as the "Slain Heroes" (the Dragon, the Gypsum, the Palm Tree King, Lord Saman-ana, the bison-beast, the scorpion-man, the seven-headed serpent), and finally Anzu is eventually killed by Ninurta who delivers the Tablet to his father, Enki.
		The cult of Ninurta can be traced back to the oldest period of Sumerian history.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/ni/ninurta.php (477 words)

	gilgy05.html
		In his newly built temple there he was celebrated by the gods as their king." [ABD, s.v.
		He accepts on the condition that the assembly transfer to him its power of fixing destinies (simatu).
		In Atrahasis the formation of humans occupies only lines +189-260+ of tablet I. In Enuma elish the opening theogony takes up only the first twenty lines of tablet I, and Marduk's formation of the cosmos fills the latter part of tablet IV to the middle of tablet VI.
	www.christian-thinktank.com /gilgy05.html (3014 words)

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