The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge
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21. Sharp of tooth, pitiless in attack (?) 22. She filled their bodies with venom instead of blood, 23. Grim, monstrous serpents arrayed in terror. 24. She decked them with brightness, she fashioned them in exalted forms, 25. So that fright and horror might overcome him that looked upon them, 26. So that their bodies might rear up, and no man resist their attack. 27. She set up the Viper, and the Snake, and the god Lakhamu, 28. The Whirlwind, the ravening Dog, the Scorpion-man, 29. The Storm-wind, the Fish-man, the Horned Beast. 30. They carried the Weapon which spared not, nor flinched from the battle. 31. Most mighty were Tiamat's allies, they could not be resisted. 32. Thus she caused eleven [monsters] of this kind to come into being. 33. Among the gods, her first-born son who had collected her company, |
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