In the Enuma Elish, which primordial god is the source of all fresh water? Apsu was the primordial male deity representing fresh water.
The Babylonian creation epic begins with primeval waters personified as Apsu and Tiamat. Apsu embodies fresh or sweet water, especially the life-giving subterranean waters associated with springs and aquifers. Tiamat represents the salt-water sea in the conventional interpretation, and their mingling gives rise to the younger gods.
The younger deities’ noise eventually disturbs Apsu. He decides that they should be destroyed, but the god Ea discovers the plan, casts Apsu into a deep sleep, kills him, and takes control of his watery domain. Ea later establishes his dwelling in the Apsu, the cosmic freshwater deep.
Kingu is Tiamat’s consort and general, not the freshwater source. Mummu is associated with Apsu as his vizier or attendant, while Tiamat is the primordial salt-water figure. The terms Apsu and Abzu are closely related: Abzu is the Sumerian form and also names the freshwater deep itself, whereas Apsu is the Akkadian form used in the Babylonian epic.