Selena Wisnom
Biographic Data
| ID | 1439760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selena Wisnom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selena |
| FAMILY NAME | Wisnom |
| SIGNATURE | WISNOM S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Blood on the Wind and the Tablet of Destinies
Enūma eliš and Erra and Išum are richly intertextual poems that both make sophisticated allusions to Anzû. Both do so in competitive ways: Enūma eliš reshapes earlier motifs towards its goal of elevating Marduk and Babylon over the gods and cities that came before them, while Erra and Išum uses allusions to undermine the image of Marduk that Enūma eliš creates. Tiʼāmtu's blood carried on the wind to announce Marduk's victory and the tablet of des…
Marduk the Fisherman
This note considers Marduk's use of the net in Enūma eliš. This weapon is usually assumed to be a net for catching birds inherited from Marduk's relationship to Ninurta mythology, since Ninurta's opponent in battle was the demonic bird Anzû. Here it is suggested that the net can also be used as a fishing net and portrays Marduk as a fisherman. This coheres with the nature of Marduk's opponent, Ti'āmtu, whose name means sea, and also fits into the…
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Blood on the Wind and the Tablet of Destinies
Enūma eliš and Erra and Išum are richly intertextual poems that both make sophisticated allusions to Anzû. Both do so in competitive ways: Enūma eliš reshapes earlier motifs towards its goal of elevating Marduk and Babylon over the gods and cities that came before them, while Erra and Išum uses allusions to undermine the image of Marduk that Enūma eliš creates. Tiʼāmtu's blood carried on the wind to announce Marduk's victory and the tablet of des…
Marduk the Fisherman
This note considers Marduk's use of the net in Enūma eliš. This weapon is usually assumed to be a net for catching birds inherited from Marduk's relationship to Ninurta mythology, since Ninurta's opponent in battle was the demonic bird Anzû. Here it is suggested that the net can also be used as a fishing net and portrays Marduk as a fisherman. This coheres with the nature of Marduk's opponent, Ti'āmtu, whose name means sea, and also fits into the…
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