GARDENS, HANGING. Of Babylon, 371 GAR'MUS. King of Babylon; romance of Sinonis and, 56-60; Rhodanes and, 56-60 GATHAS. The most ancient part of the Avesta, 333 GA-TUM-DUG. Goddess; allied form of Bau, 145 GA'ZA. Temple of Dagon at, 151 GAZELLE. Goat and, gods, 292-294 GEM'I-NI, SIGN. Gilgamesh and Eabani some relation to the, 182 GENESIS, BOOK OF. Reference to, _re_ Nimrod, 49; creation story in, 70, 289; Abbé Loisy and, 322, 323; term _elohim_ in, 327 GERMANY. Goat-demon adored in, 293 GHOSTS. Assyrian, 277, 278 GI'BI. Prayer and the god, 68 GIB'IL. The god of fire; Nusku and, 225 GILGAMESH. Hero; Nimrod identified with, 50, 156; epic; goddess Aruru figures in, 86; prince of Erech, 154-183; provisional name _Gisdhubar_, or _Izdubar_, 156; Shamash and, 156; birth of, related by Ælian, 156; Rimatbelit, mother of, 158; shade of Eabani appears to, 160; Ishtar's love for, 167, 168; mourning the loss of Eabani, 170; his quest for the secret of perpetual life, 170-173; his ancestor, Ut-Napishtim, 170; Sin delivers, 170; seeks from Ut-Napishtim the secret of perpetual life, 173-180; Adad-Ea and, 178, 179 GIL-GA'MESH EPIC, THE. Account of deluge in, reference to, 42; one of the greatest literary productions of ancient Babylonia, 154-183; Ishtar in, 213 GIR'SU. Beltis' sanctuary at, 101 GIS-DHU'BAR or IZDU'BAR. Gilgamesh's provisional name, 156 GISH-ZI'DA. One of the guardians of the gates of heaven, 118 GOATS. Gazelle and, gods, 292-294 GOD-S. Ea, or Oannes, 14, 25, 72, 73, 76, 79, 86, 87, 93, 94, 102, 111-116, 216, 229; En-lil, 14, 47, 84, 95-97, 101; Babylonian kings the direct vice-regents of the, on earth, 17; Babylonian, Merodach, 41, 47, 50, 68, 76-82, 81, 84, 86, 93, 94, 103, 106, 184-198, 199-202; Bel, Babylonian sun-, 41, 196, 197; the birth of the, 71-87; Tiawath, Apsu, and Mummu, a trinity of, 74; Horus, reference to, 75; Kingu; Tiawath and, 75; Merodach, the creator of the, 82; Semites and, 89; spirits and, in ancient Babylonia, 89-91; Anu, most ancient of Babylonian, 90, 121-123, 197, 198, 217; invoked by Assyrian kings, 90; Kis, the sun-, 93, 294; under animal forms, 92, 93; the great, 93-153; Sin, moon-, 94, 109, 128, 170, 325; tribal divinities, 94; pantheon that held sway prior to Khammurabi, 94, 95; description of Bel, 96; a trinity of (Bel, Ea, and Anu), 97; Sibi, 108; Shamash, the sun-, 41, 94, 109, 187, 222, 223, 325; Nergal, 82, 94, 105, 106, 151, 180, 235, 326, 328, 329; Adapa, 116-121; Ishtar, 123-144; Tammuz, sun-god of Eridu, 126-144; Ishtar and Persephone, 131-135; Nin-Girsu, 144; Bau, 144; Pap-sukal, messenger of the, 130; Ga-tum-dug, 145; Nannar, the moon-god of Ur, 145-149; Dagon, a fish-, 151, 152, 216, 217, 325; Nirig, or Enu-Res-tu, 153; Gilgamesh, a sun-, 157; Eabani, a sun-, 159; Later Pantheon of Babylonia, 184-198; Nebo, 184-186, 326; Ramman, 187-189, 195, 217-222, 325;