Myths of Babylonia and AssyriaGresham Publishing Company, 1915 - 537 pàgines This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. |
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СНАР Page INTRODUCTION | xxi |
I THE RACES AND EARLY CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA I | xli |
THE LAND OF RIVERS AND THE GOD OF THE DEEP 2 I | 21 |
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Adad-nirari Akkad Amorites ancient Anshar appears Aramæans army Ashur Ashur-bani-pal Asia Minor Babylon Babylonia and Assyria Babylonian battle became beliefs bird bull ceremony Chaldæans culture Damascus dead death deity demons dragon Dynasty Ea-bani eagle early earth Egypt Egyptian Elam Elamites empire enemies Enlil Erech Eridu Euphrates evil father fertility fish Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek Hammurabi hath heaven Hebrew hero Hittite Indian influence invaded Isaiah Ishtar Israel Judah Kassite king of Assyria kingdom Lagash land lord Merodach Mesopotamia Mitanni monarch moon mother mountain Myth and Legend mythology Nebo Nergal Nin-Girsu Nineveh Nippur northern Osiris palace period Persian Pir-napishtim priests Queen referred regarding reign religion religious revolt river ruler Sargon saying Semitic Sennacherib serpent Shalmaneser Shamash Sippar slain spirits stars Sumer Sumerian symbolized Syria tablets Tammuz temple thee thou throne Tiamat Tiglath-pileser tree tribes unto Urartu various winged worship