The fresh water under the earth that the world was drawn out of
Warning
He was killed for being silent and the world was made of him
Resonance
Those seeking the source those who work with water underground
Symbols
Sweet waterSubterranean oceanPrimeval mound
Mythology Summary
Apsu is the primordial sweet water beneath the earth, the first father who is killed by Ea and whose body becomes the world's foundations; his lament is what wakes Tiamat. He is the source and the silence, and the cosmos is built on him.
Modern Practice
Apsu is acknowledged as a source rather than petitioned: the well, the spring, the groundwater. His practice is stillness and care for what lies under the ground.