Kur (Algonquin).
In the process, "The primeval waters of Kur rose to the surface, and as a result of their violence no fresh waters could reach the fields and gardens." [Kramer, p.
The names of these draconian rulers—such as Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, Quetzal, Kishak, Kokachidra, Kuchu, Kur, and Draig in Wales—often share a common phonetic element, the "k" or "ch" sound.
In Sumerian mythology, the Abzu (or Apsu) is the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma).
lu2 kur-kur mu-un-ge-na en: who the foreign lands firmed,67.
Samuel Noah Kramer believes that behind this myth of Enki's confinement of Abzu lies an older one of the struggle between Enki and the Dragon Kur (the underworld).