The creator of all mankind.
—Hymn to Marduk No. 14.
Heroine Ishtar, creator of mankind.
—Hymn to Ishtar No. 3.
The Hebrew hymnists also believed that Yahwe created mankind, and they marvelled at the perfection of man’s body:
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
—Psalm 139:14.
They marvelled also at his supreme place in the universe:
For thou hast caused him to lack little of the gods;
With glory and honor thou hast crowned him.