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== インタープリテーション ==

ティアマト神話は、文化的英雄と神話的または水棲の怪物、蛇や竜との戦いである「カオスカンフ」の最も古い記録版の一つである<ref>Jacobsen, 1968, pp104-108</ref>。ティアマト神話と直接的、間接的に関連する他の神話のカオスカンプのモチーフとしては、ヒッタイトのイルルヤンカ神話や、ギリシャ神話のアポローンがデルフォイの神託を引き継ぐために必要な行動としてピュートーンを殺害したことなどが挙げられる<ref>[http://martikheel.com/pdf/heroic-holistic-ethics.pdf MArtkheel]</ref>。

[[Robert Graves]]<ref>Graves, ''The Greek Myths'', rev. ed. 1960:§4.5.</ref> considered Tiamat's death by [[Marduk]] as evidence for his hypothesis of an ancient shift in power from a [[matriarchy|matriarchal]] society to a [[patriarchy]]. The theory suggests Tiamat and other ancient monster figures were depictions of former supreme deities of peaceful, woman-centered religions that turned into monsters when violent. Their defeat at the hands of a male hero corresponded to the overthrow of these matristic religions and societies by male-dominated ones. This theory is rejected by academic authors such as [[Lotte Motz]], [[Cynthia Eller]] and others.<ref>''The Faces of the Goddess'', [[Lotte Motz]], Oxford University Press (1997), {{ISBN|978-0-19-508967-7}}</ref><ref>''[[The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory]]: Why An Invented Past Will Not Give Women a Future'', Cynthia Eller, Beacon Press (2000), {{ISBN|978-0-8070-6792-5}}.</ref>