1. First, there are allusions to two separate sets of catastrophes, particularly in the Erra and Ishum with Marduk’s sudden entry, a primeval or very ancient one involving a Deluge and Marduk, and a more recent one, also involving a Deluge, contemplated and presumably executed by Nergal;

2. Nergal appears to wield the same scalar technologies once wielded by Marduk;

3. The warfare in the pantheon is revealed to be ongoing, though perhaps of intermittent periods, not only over several millennia, but even over several millions of years;

4. It is clear from the Mesopotamian texts that there are two versions of mankind, a hominid version which exists prior to the “gods”’ manipulations and engineering of a second version, which is a chimeric hybrid, part “god” and part “clay”;

5. It is clear that mankind is one motivation - in his overpopulation in the Mesopotamian tradition - of the conflict. Similarly, it appears that mankind’s fear of the gods, particularly in the case of Nergal, is one of the sought-after goals of the gods. It is as if they feed off man’s strongest emotions, in this case, the fear of death and destruction. As noted in the detailed examination of these myths above, mankind appears to be both some kind of goal or prize of the war, as well as a battlefield over which it is in part fought.