Marduk was a Mesopotamian chief deity, who presided creation, water, vegetation, judgment, and magic, as well as the patron of the ancient city of Babylon. He is the protagonist in the story of Enūma Eliš, similar to Zeus, Thor and other thunder-based deities in their own creation myths. Marduk was one of the earliest pagan gods and the child of Second Generation Primordial Ea and Damgalnuna, and is husband of the goddess Sarpanit and father of Nabu. In the beginning of time, the universe…