Kingu
GodWikipedia
132
MENTIONS
9
EPISODES
8
PODCASTS
Search complete. 132 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Kingu".
Sep 12, 2026
speaker_7NARRATOR
Tiamat is not only preparing to destroy Marduk, she is appointing an alternative ruler of the divine world.
speaker_7NARRATOR
Kingu is not simply her strongest monster or most loyal ally.
speaker_7NARRATOR
He becomes the bearer of legitimate authority, at least from her side of the conflict.
speaker_7NARRATOR
The war is now about kingship.
speaker_7NARRATOR
The younger gods are gathering power around themselves.
speaker_7NARRATOR
But Tiamat answers by creating a rival command structure.
speaker_7NARRATOR
She gives Kingu an army.
speaker_7NARRATOR
She gives him rank.
SebHOST
We did get another 10 from Red Eyes.
SebHOST
It says, "Do your thing, Kingu.
SebHOST
Uh, we'll talk about Sevadana soon [laughs] Adania soon.
SebHOST
I had a little theory myself of what Emu was Nika aka the OG sun god who saved the first world.
Jason SamosaGUEST
I, I don't like to be religious about those, those texts and, and view it as like this is the secret truth that's been hidden.
Jason SamosaGUEST
The, the reality is they all paint a very similar picture, this idea that the mankind was created in a sort of a balanced system that the gods controlled, and it worked, but then we, we went after this extra knowledge, or Prometheus comes down and brings fire or whichever-
Michael PhillipHOST
Yeah
Jason SamosaGUEST
... version you wanna look at.
36 MINS LATER
Jason SamosaGUEST
Mm
Michael PhillipHOST
... way of thinking.
Michael PhillipHOST
Um, and whenever you dive into where this knowledge comes from, they're basically all saying it comes from the gods.
Michael PhillipHOST
They're basically all saying it comes from some, you know, unseen form of intelligence that, that they're in touch with.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Others again, the hindquarters of a horse and the whole body of a man.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Tiamat furnished them with terrible weapons, placed them under the command of her husband, Qingu, and set out to war against the gods.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At first they knew not whom to send against her.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Anshar dispatched his son Anu, but Anu was afraid and made no attempt to oppose her.
29 MINS LATER
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
As for the millet and sesame, which in altitude are as great as trees, I will not state their height, although I know it from experience, being convinced that those who have not lived in Babylonia would regard my statement with incredulity.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Herodotus in his enthusiasm exaggerated the matter, or perhaps as a general rule he selected as examples the exceptional instances which had been mentioned to him.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At present wheat and barley give a yield to the husbandman of some thirty or fortyfold.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
The date palm meets all other needs of the population.
Paul WallisHOST
They speak about the Dinjir, and that word means star.
Paul WallisHOST
In front of the names of these powerful characters, Enki, Enlil, Ninhursag, and many others beside Ninta, Kingu, is an eight-point star.
Paul WallisHOST
And so you'll have the star Enki, the star Enlil.
Paul WallisHOST
And what that tells you is this is a star person or a sky person.
Glen ScrivenerGUEST
So man is born out of chaos and born to slave humanity.
Glen ScrivenerGUEST
And how is man created? Well, one of these deities is sacrificed, Kingu.
Glen ScrivenerGUEST
And from Kingu's blood, Ea, this greater god, created mankind.
Glen ScrivenerGUEST
On whom he imposed the service of the gods to set the gods free.
Glen ScrivenerGUEST
So humanity comes out of chaos, killing, conflict.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Some of them had the beak of an eagle or a hawk, others four wings and two faces, others the legs and horns of a goat, others again the hindquarters of a horse and the whole body of a man.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Tiamat furnished them with terrible weapons, placed them under the command of her husband, Kingu, and set out to war against the gods.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At first they knew not whom to send against her.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Anshar dispatched his son Anu, but Anu was afraid and made no attempt to oppose her.
28 MINS LATER
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
As for the millet and sesame, which in altitude are as great as trees, I will not state their height, although I know it from experience, being convinced that those who have not lived in Babylonia would regard my statement with incredulity.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Herodotus in his enthusiasm exaggerated the matter, or perhaps as a general rule he selected as examples the exceptional instances which had been mentioned to him.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At present wheat and barley give a yield to the husbandman of some thirty or fortyfold.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
The date palm meets all other needs of the population.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Some of them had the beak of an eagle or a hawk, others four wings and two faces, others the legs and horns of a goat, others again the hindquarters of a horse and the whole body of a man.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Tiamat furnished them with terrible weapons, placed them under the command of her husband, Kingu, and set out to war against the gods.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At first they knew not whom to send against her.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Anshar dispatched his son Anu, but Anu was afraid and made no attempt to oppose her.
29 MINS LATER
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
As for the millet and sesame, which in altitude are as great as trees, I will not state their height, although I know it from experience, being convinced that those who have not lived in Babylonia would regard my statement with incredulity.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Herodotus in his enthusiasm exaggerated the matter, or perhaps as a general rule he selected as examples the exceptional instances which had been mentioned to him.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At present wheat and barley give a yield to the husbandman of some thirty or fortyfold.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
The date palm meets all other needs of the population.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Others again, the hindquarters of a horse and the whole body of a man.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Tiamat furnished them with terrible weapons, placed them under the command of her husband, Qingu, and set out to war against the gods.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At first, they knew not whom to send against her.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Anshar dispatched his son Anu, but Anu was afraid and made no attempt to oppose her.
29 MINS LATER
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
As for the millet and sesame, which in altitude are as great as trees, I will not state their height, although I know it from experience, being convinced that those who have not lived in Babylonia would regard my statement with incredulity.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Herodotus in his enthusiasm exaggerated the matter, or perhaps as a general rule he selected as examples the exceptional instances which had been mentioned to him.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At present wheat and barley give a yield to the husbandman of some thirty or fortyfold.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
The date palm meets all other needs of the population.