[M] = Marduk
Hold back the forces of Chaos? KEK Anyone?
"He is the son of Ea (Enki) and Damkina, and his consort was the goddess Sarpanit. His father, Ea, recognized Marduk’s superiority and handed over control of humanity. Marduk also took over the godly traits of Ea,
making him the god of magic."
The whore of Babylon. Biblical.
Arches & Domes
Ishtar Gate
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/marduk-0010558
During the first millennium BC, the Babylonians worshipped a deity under the title "Bel", meaning "lord", who was a syncretization of Marduk, Enlil, and the dying god Dumuzid.
From the extended book of Daniel rejected by Rabbinic Judaism.
Bel
The narrative of Bel (14:1–22) ridicules the worship of idols. In it, the king asks Daniel, "You do not think Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?"[6] to which Daniel answers that
the idol is made of clay covered by bronze
and thus cannot eat or drink. Enraged, the king then demands that the seventy priests of Bel show him who consumes the offerings made to the idol. The priests then challenge the king to set the offerings as usual (which were
"twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six vessels of wine")
and then seal the entrance to the temple with his ring: if Bel does not consume the offerings, the priests are to be sentenced to death; otherwise, Daniel is to be killed.
Daniel then uncovers the ruse (by scattering ashes over the floor of the temple in the presence of the king after the priests have left) and shows that the "sacred" meal of Bel is actually consumed at night by the priests and their wives and children, who enter through a secret door when the temple's doors are sealed.
The next morning, Daniel calls attention to the footprints on the temple floor; the priests of Bel are then arrested and, confessing their deed, reveal the secret passage that they used to sneak inside the temple. They, their wives and children are put to death, and Daniel is permitted to destroy the idol of Bel and the temple."
Is this literally EXACTLY what is still happening?
Priests consuming Sheep and Wine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_and_the_Dragon