Enuma Elish Illustrations

Project: Emuma Elish Illustrations (Babylonian Creation Story)
Media: Ink on watercolor paper by Stewart Cherlin ca. 1976

This was a honors project to illustrate and retell the ancient creation story in a modern setting. The drawings accompanied a translation of the original text.

The Mingling of Fresh Water and Salt Water

The Dark Night of Longing

Fresh Water Frozen in Nowhere before Time

The Next Creation

Renewal Creation

Reabsorbtion of Everything into the No-where

The Great Sun's Ascent in Highest

Rainbow Shows the Great Sun all His Colors

Salt Water and Bitter Swamp Overwhelming the Rivers

Creation of Montser Serpants by Saltwater and Bitter

Thunderbolt Killing Fresh Water through Magic

Salt Water abandoned by Fresh Water