We've got wind, we've got a primeval chaotic, Watery mass or deep, and then surprise, There's just a word,"Let there be light."

我们有了气流，有了原始的混乱，狂放的水流，混沌，但奇怪的是，只有一句话，“要有光“

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They were stories of a god who violently slays the forces of chaos, represented as watery dragons, as a prelude to creation.

他们是上帝凶狠屠杀混乱势力的故事，以充满水的巨龙为代表，是创世的序幕。

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So El is replaced by Baal after a defeat of some watery foe.

所以El被baal取代，在被他打败以后。

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You have the young storm god, Marduk, who defeats Tiamat, the watery ferocious deep monster, and does so by blasting a wind into her and so establishes his claim to rule, instead of the old sky god, Anu.

年轻的暴风之神Marduk，凭借一阵狂风，打败了Tiamat-在深水凶猛的怪物,他取代了天空之神Anu，建立了自己的统治。

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