Tiamat

ancient Mesopotamian primordial goddess of the seawater and the symbol of the chaos of primordial creation
Person goddess Q145983
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Tiamat

Summary

Tiamat is a goddess[1]. She ranks in the top 4% of goddess entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,564 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tiamat was married to Abzu[3].
  • Among Tiamat's spouses was Kingu[4].
  • A child of Tiamat was Lahmu[5].
  • A child of Tiamat was Lahamu[6].
  • Tiamat is recorded as female[7].
  • Tiamat's instance of is recorded as goddess[8].
  • Tiamat's instance of is recorded as water deity[9].
  • Tiamat's Commons category is recorded as Tiamat[10].
  • Tiamat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tiamat[11].
  • Tiamat's worshipped by is recorded as Sumerian religion[12].
  • Tiamat's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
  • Tiamat's partially coincident with is recorded as Echidna[14].
  • Tiamat's different from is recorded as Tiamat[15].
  • Tiamat dates from the ancient Near East[16].
  • Tiamat's culture is recorded as Babylonia[17].

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Personal Life

Spouses include Abzu[3], a water deity[18] and Kingu[4], a god[19]. Children include Lahmu[5], a Mesopotamian deity[20] and Lahamu[6], a goddess[21].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Tiamat include she[22], a musical group[23], in Sweden[24], founded in 1987[25].

Why It Matters

Tiamat ranks in the top 4% of goddess entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,564 views/month).[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] She is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

She has been cited as an influence by Echidna[28], a Greek deity[29].

Entities named for her include she[22], a musical group[23], in Sweden[24], founded in 1987[25].

FAQs

Who was Tiamat married to?

Tiamat's spouses include Abzu[3] and Kingu[4].

Who did Tiamat influence?

Tiamat has been cited as an influence by Echidna[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Echidna. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image The Weather god fighting a Bašmu dragon, Neo-Assyrian cyllin
    Described by source Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q123700642]]"
  2. 2d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with Echidna
    Described by source Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1382]]: [[Q747649]]"
  3. 4d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname the glistening one
    Appears in the form of Q7559
    Present in work Q206063
    Described by source Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1449]]: the glistening one"
  4. 4d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic ['Q60788817', 'Q107274054']
    Country of origin Q47690
    Sex or gender female
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q107274054]]"
  5. 4d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with Echidna
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Tiamat
    Worshipped by Sumerian religion
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q7559]]"
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