Tiamat — Primordial Chaos

Tiamat was the personification of primordial chaos in the story of creation according to the Sumerians (and later Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians). Before the universe had settled during its formation, there was disorder, imbalance, and chaos. That was Tiamat.

A mythical figure in Sumerian Religion — a primordial being — central to the stories of creation told in Sumerian Cosmology. Tiamat was enraged after Enki killed her spouse, Apsu, so she set to war on the Anuna gods.

The primordial saltwater sea was named Nammu, but became known as Tiamat during and after the Sumerian Renaissance. [1] Tiamat was the personification of primordial chaos, before the universe was settled. This was the force against which the heroes struggle (the Sumerian Gods) in his plan to defeat and tame this primordial being.

In the beginning this hero was Enki. Later on it was his son, when he rose to the primary seat of the pantheon. [1] (Wikipedia Editors. Sumerian religion. www.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_religion. Accessed 25 Nov 2020.)