The Birth of Earth and our Mysterious Moon

The Birth of Earth…..

Our big, beautiful, watery, blue planet…. our home… and it’s mysterious
moon… was born… from the collision of two planets… and this is her story….

The ancient Mesopotamian "Seven Tablets of Creation", now called the "Creation Epic", starts out with the opening words… "Enuma Elish"....
When in the heights….

When in the heights… heaven had not been named…

And below, firm ground (Earth) had not been called.

It was then the Epic… tells us, that two primordial Celestial bodies...
gave birth... to a series of Celestial Gods. As the number of Celestial
beings increased, they made great noise and commotion, disturbing the
primeval father.

Naught, but primordial "Apsu", their Begetter, "Mummu", and "Tiamat"….
she who bore them all, their waters…. mingled together…..

No reed had yet formed, no marshland... had appeared. None of the
Gods… had yet been brought into being. None bore a name, their
destinies... were undetermined…. Then it was… that Gods were formed
in their midst.....

The creation of our Solar System…. in the expanse of Space, "the
Gods", the planets…. are yet to appear… to be named…. to have their "destinies" (Their orbits), fixed. Only three bodies exist: Primordial Apsu
(One who exists.... from the beginning), MUM.MU (One who was born),
and Tiamat (Maiden of Life).

The "waters" of Apsu and Tiamat.... were mingled... in the primordial
"waters", the basic life-giving elements of the Universe….

Apsu, then, is the Sun, (one who exists... from the beginning). Nearest
him is MUM.MU (MUM.MU was the trusted aid and emissary... of
Apsu), a good description of Mercury….. Indeed, this was the concept
the ancient Greeks and Romans had.... of the "God" planet "Mercury",
(the fast messenger of the Gods).

Farther away... was "Tiamat".    She was the "monster", that Marduk later
shattered…. the missing planet......   She was the very first (Virgin Mother),
of the divine trinity.   The "waters" co-mingled, and a pair of Celestial Gods
(Planets), were formed... in the Space between Apsu and Tiamat....

Their waters... were mingled together…

Gods... were formed... in their midst:

God "LAH.MU" and God "LAHA.MU" were brought forth,

By name they were called....

The names of these two planets... stem from the root "LHM", (To make
war). The ancients bequeathed... to us the tradition that "Mars", was the
God of War, and "Venus", the Goddess... of both love and war.

LAH.MU and LAHA.MU, are indeed male and female names, and the
identity of the two Gods of the Epic, and the planets of Mars and Venus….
is thus affirmed... etymologically and myth logically.

It is also affirmed astronomically: "as the missing planet". Tiamat was
located beyond Mars...... Mars and Venus... are indeed... located in the
Space... between Apsu (Sun), and "Tiamat".

Before they had grown in age,

And in stature... to an appointed size…

God "AN.SHAR" and God "KI.SHAR" were formed,

Surpassing them in size.

As lengthened the days and multiplied the years,

God "ANU" became their son…. of his ancestors, a rival.

The "AN.SHAR’S" first-born "ANU",

As his equal... and in his image begot "NU.DIM.MUD".

We were informed... that Mars and Venus... were to grow... only to a
limited size, but even before their formation was complete, another pair
of planets were formed. The two were Majestic planets, as evidenced
by their names:

"AN.SHAR" (Prince, foremost of the Heavens), and "KI.SHAR" (foremost of
the firm lands).

They overtook in size, the first pair "surpassing them in stature". They were
Saturn and Jupiter.

Some time then passed... (multiplied the years), and a third pair of
planets... were brought forth. First came "ANU", smaller than "AN.SHAR"
AND "KI.SHAR" (their son), but larger than the first planets, (of his
ancestors, a rival in size).

Then ANU, begot a twin planet, (his equal, and in his image).

The Babylonian version names the planet "NU.DIM.MUD", an epithet of
"EA / ENKI", (who I will discuss... in the Anunnaki section).

Once again, the descriptions... of the sizes and locations... fit the next
known pair of planets... in our Solar System, Uranus and Neptune.

There was yet another planet ... to be accounted for, among these outer
planets, the one we call Pluto.

The "Epic of Creation" has already referred to ANU, as "AN.SHAR’S
first-born", implying that there was yet another planetary God "born" to "AN.SHAR / SATURN".

The Epic catches up with this Celestial God later on, when it relates how "AN.SHAR / SATURN" sent out his emissary "GA.GA", on various missions
to other planets.

"GA.GA" appears in function and stature... equal to Apsu’s emissary
"MUM.MU", this brings to mind... the many similarities... between Mercury
and Pluto.

"GA.GA", then was Pluto..... But the Sumerians placed Pluto... on their
Celestial map, not beyond Neptune, but next to Saturn, whose "emissary", or "satellite" it was.

So we have:

Sun-APSU

Mercury-MUMMU

Venus-LAHAMU

Mars-LAHMU

TIAMAT

Jupiter-KISHAR

Saturn-ANSHAR

Pluto-GAGA

Uranus-ANU

Neptune-NUDIMMUD (EA)

Where were Earth and the Moon?

They were yet to be created…. "planet Gods" of the forthcoming "Cosmic Collision".....

The newly created family of planets... was far from being stable. The
planets... were gravitating toward each other, they were converging on
Tiamat, disturbing and endangering the primordial bodies…..

The divine brothers... banded together….

They disturbed Tiamat, as they surged back and forth.

They were troubling... the "belly" of Tiamat.

By their antics... in the dwellings of Heaven.

Apsu... could not lessen the clamor;

Tiamat was speechless….at their ways.

Their doings were loathsome….

Troublesome with their ways.....

We have obvious references... to erratic orbits. The new planets "surged
back and forth", they got too close to each other, (banded together), they interfered... with Tiamat’s orbit…. they got too close to her belly….

Their ways were troublesome....

The only planet ... not to lose it’s wits... was (Neptune / NUDIMMUD) "EA".
He derived a way... to "pour sleep upon Apsu" (the Sun).

When the other Celestial Gods liked the plan, (Neptune / NUDIMMUD)
"drew a faithful map of the Universe", and cast a "spell upon the primeval
waters... of the Solar System".....

What was the "spell" or force.... exerted by (Neptune / NUDIMMUD), then the outermost planet…. as it orbited the Sun... and circled the other planets?

Did its own orbit... around the Sun... effect the Sun’s "magnetism", and
thus... its radioactive outpourings? Or did (Neptune / NUDIMMUD) itself
emit, upon its creation... some vast radiations of energy?

Whatever the effects were, the Epic... likened them... to a "pouring of
sleep"…. a calming effect... upon Apsu (the Sun). Even (Mercury / MUMMU), the counselor, was powerless to stir….. As in the biblical tale of Samson
and Delilah, the hero… overcome by sleep…. could easily be robbed
of his powers.

(Neptune / NUDIMMUD)... moved quickly to rob Apsu (the Sun), of his
creative role.

Apsu... The Sun

Quenching the immense outpourings... of primeval matter….. from the Sun.
Apsu was vanquished…. (Mercury / MUMMU) could no longer roam about….
he was bound and "left behind", a lifeless planet... by his master’s side……

The Gods... brought temporary peace... to the Solar System…. Any
additional planets.... could henceforth... come only... from the new Apsu / Sun…..
"from the deep"….. the far away reaches of Space…. that the outermost
planet faced.

In the Chamber of Fates, the place of Destinies…..

A God was engendered….. most able and wisest
of the Gods….

In the heart of the deep….. was "MARDUK" created…..

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