A piece from earlier this year that I’m actually glad I finished. Baal Hadad battling the sea serpent Yam, a scene from Levantine mythology. These figures are seen as transliterations of Marduk and Tiamat, respectively, and having already done a work featuring those two, I took some liberties as far as depicting these two.
Baal Hadad would eventually become equated with satan by Abrahamic religions, eventually becoming Beezlebub. With that in mind, I thought a pre-fall Beezlebub, already interested in flies, would be an interesting thing to draw. As for Yam, Tiamat is undoubtedly female, often described as being a mother to monsters and having an udder. If Yam was to exist in the same world, I would think it would make sense for him to be a male equivalent, having different coloring, differing ornaments decorating his head, not having an udder and generally exhibiting sexual dimorphism.
Tiamat’s, and presumably Yam’s, offspring are quick to help Yam fight, but are kept at bay by Baal’s fly minions. This is just a few short seconds before Baal shoves that lightning bolt down Yam’s throat.
