Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation

“He split her up like a flat fish into two halves.”

Marduk creates the world from the body of a goddess he just killed. It makes you realize how much ancient order was built on raw violence.

“They were troubled and moved about day and night.”

The gods were terrified of Tiamat. It shows that even divine beings feel helpless when the old world starts to dissolve.

“Tiamat, the mother of us all, hath conceived a hatred for us.”

Chaos isn't a lack of things. It is an ancient mother who feels betrayed by her own children.

“Let him be burdened with the toil of the gods.”

Humans were made just to do the chores the gods didn't want to do. It puts a very different spin on what it means to be chosen.