Cultures in the past have many links to one another. The Hebrews and Sumerians connect with each other through to creation stories, The Enuma Elish and The Creation, even though the cultures were in different places. The Enuma Elish and The Creation demonstrate parallel beliefs of the Hebrew and Sumerian cultures that the root of evil is created by the sin of a woman due to the temptation presented and supported by an accomplice.

Tiamat in the Enuma Elish and Eve in The Creation, both play a significant role in the beginning of sin. Tiamat has become an enemy of the god(s). Marduk accuses Tiamt of "charging thine own heart to stir up conflict," (Enuma Elish IV: 77) and "Against Anshar, king of the Gods, thou seekest evil;" (Enuma Elish V: 83) Tiamat is destroyed by Marduk in a classic good versus evil battle...