Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria

Name: Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Author: Spence, Lewis

Spence, Lewis

Assyro-Babylonian cults; Assyro-Babylonian religion; Legends; Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian

JA'COB. Laban and, 267
JE-HO'IA-KIM. King of Jerusalem; Nebuchadrezzar puts to death, 37
JE'HU. Son of Omri (_sic_);
  obelisk of Shalmaneser and, 343
JEN'SEN. View of, _re_ Hamon, 142, 143;
  explanation of, _re_ Ninib, 216
JERUSALEM. Reference to deliverance of, from Sennacherib, 30;
  King Nebuchadrezzar wars against, 37;
  Isaiah describes, 191
JEW-S. Nebuchadrezzar leads into captivity, 37;
  feast of Purim and, 140;
  Mordecai name of a real, 143
JEWISH. Religion;
  Babylonian influence on, 319-329
JO'NAH. Story of, and supposed allusion to Babylonian cosmology, 86;
  Tiawath and the 'fish' of, 87
JOP'PA. Place, 86
JUDAISM. Initiated by the Semitic race, 313
JU'PIT-ER. The planet;
  represented Merodach, 202, 235;
  controlled stars under name Nibir, 235;
  the 'Planet of the Bull of Light,' 290


K

KAA'BA (Temple). The celebrated, at Mecca, 52
KAN'DIS. A Kassite dynasty founded by, 21
_Kas'sa-pu_ or _Kas'sap-tu_. Names by which the wizard and
  the witch were known, 261
KASS'ITE. Dynasty;
  founded by Kandis, 21;
  King of Babylonia marries daughter of Assur-yuballidh of Assyria, 22;
  dynasty, reference to, 248;
  rulers and temple at Nippur, 248;
  votive objects found by Dr Peters, 358, 359, 364, 365
KHAM-MUR-A'BI THE GREAT.
  Most famous name in Babylonian history, 20;
  art and literature blossomed under care of, 20;
  is to be regarded as the Babylonian Alfred, 21;
  pantheon that held sway prior to, 94;
  worship of Merodach and, 184;
  Nebo, Tashmit, and, 186;
  Shamash and, 187;
  goddess Innana or Ninni and, 187;
  age of, fertile in writers, 192;
  Hymn of--Ramman and Shamash appealed to in, 219;
  builder of sanctuaries, 247;
  city of, discovered, 376
KHARSAG-KURKURA. 'Mountain of the World,' 362
KHI-KHI. Mountain of, 108
KHOR'SA-BAD. City;
  residence of Asshur, 207;
  M. Botta and mounds of, 339;
  Victor Place's work at, 340
KHUM'BA-BA. Monster, overcome by Gilgamesh and Eabani, 158, 160, 166, 167
KHUR'SAG KUR'KUR-A. The birthplace of the gods, 242
KID'MU-RU. Ishtar's shrine in, 212
KING, PROFESSOR, 371, 376
KING-S. Of Babylonia and Assyria--Sargon of Akkad, 16-21, 47, 210,
  211, 340, 350, 352;
  'of the Four Zones'--Naram-Sin, 17;
  of Ur--Dungi, 19;
  of Lagash--Gudea, 19;
  of Babylonia--Khammurabi the Great, 20, 21, 109;
  of Babylonia (Kassite dynasty)--Kandis, 21;
  of Egypt--Amen-hetep IV, 22;
  of Babylonia--Burna-buryas, 22;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser I, 22, 351;
  of Assyria--Tukulti-in-Aristi, 22;
  of Babylon--Bitilyasu, 22;
  of Babylon--Hadad-nadin-akhi, 23;
  of Assyria--Bel-kudur-uzur, 23;
  of Assyria--Tiglath-pileser I, 23, 346;
  of Assyria--Assur-nazir-pal III, 23, 214-216, 223, 343, 351;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser II, 24, 343, 351;
  of Israel--Ahab, 24;
  of Assyria--Samsi-Rammon, 24;
  of Assyria--Ninus, 25;
  of Armenia--Barsanes, 25;
  of India--Strabrobates, 26;
  'of the World, etc., etc.'--Semiramis, 29;
  of Assyria--Tiglath-pileser III, 29;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser IV, 30;

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Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria

Spence, Lewis

Assyro-Babylonian cults; Assyro-Babylonian religion; Legends; Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian

JA'COB. Laban and, 267
JE-HO'IA-KIM. King of Jerusalem; Nebuchadrezzar puts to death, 37
JE'HU. Son of Omri (_sic_);
  obelisk of Shalmaneser and, 343
JEN'SEN. View of, _re_ Hamon, 142, 143;
  explanation of, _re_ Ninib, 216
JERUSALEM. Reference to deliverance of, from Sennacherib, 30;
  King Nebuchadrezzar wars against, 37;
  Isaiah describes, 191
JEW-S. Nebuchadrezzar leads into captivity, 37;
  feast of Purim and, 140;
  Mordecai name of a real, 143
JEWISH. Religion;
  Babylonian influence on, 319-329
JO'NAH. Story of, and supposed allusion to Babylonian cosmology, 86;
  Tiawath and the 'fish' of, 87
JOP'PA. Place, 86
JUDAISM. Initiated by the Semitic race, 313
JU'PIT-ER. The planet;
  represented Merodach, 202, 235;
  controlled stars under name Nibir, 235;
  the 'Planet of the Bull of Light,' 290


K

KAA'BA (Temple). The celebrated, at Mecca, 52
KAN'DIS. A Kassite dynasty founded by, 21
_Kas'sa-pu_ or _Kas'sap-tu_. Names by which the wizard and
  the witch were known, 261
KASS'ITE. Dynasty;
  founded by Kandis, 21;
  King of Babylonia marries daughter of Assur-yuballidh of Assyria, 22;
  dynasty, reference to, 248;
  rulers and temple at Nippur, 248;
  votive objects found by Dr Peters, 358, 359, 364, 365
KHAM-MUR-A'BI THE GREAT.
  Most famous name in Babylonian history, 20;
  art and literature blossomed under care of, 20;
  is to be regarded as the Babylonian Alfred, 21;
  pantheon that held sway prior to, 94;
  worship of Merodach and, 184;
  Nebo, Tashmit, and, 186;
  Shamash and, 187;
  goddess Innana or Ninni and, 187;
  age of, fertile in writers, 192;
  Hymn of--Ramman and Shamash appealed to in, 219;
  builder of sanctuaries, 247;
  city of, discovered, 376
KHARSAG-KURKURA. 'Mountain of the World,' 362
KHI-KHI. Mountain of, 108
KHOR'SA-BAD. City;
  residence of Asshur, 207;
  M. Botta and mounds of, 339;
  Victor Place's work at, 340
KHUM'BA-BA. Monster, overcome by Gilgamesh and Eabani, 158, 160, 166, 167
KHUR'SAG KUR'KUR-A. The birthplace of the gods, 242
KID'MU-RU. Ishtar's shrine in, 212
KING, PROFESSOR, 371, 376
KING-S. Of Babylonia and Assyria--Sargon of Akkad, 16-21, 47, 210,
  211, 340, 350, 352;
  'of the Four Zones'--Naram-Sin, 17;
  of Ur--Dungi, 19;
  of Lagash--Gudea, 19;
  of Babylonia--Khammurabi the Great, 20, 21, 109;
  of Babylonia (Kassite dynasty)--Kandis, 21;
  of Egypt--Amen-hetep IV, 22;
  of Babylonia--Burna-buryas, 22;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser I, 22, 351;
  of Assyria--Tukulti-in-Aristi, 22;
  of Babylon--Bitilyasu, 22;
  of Babylon--Hadad-nadin-akhi, 23;
  of Assyria--Bel-kudur-uzur, 23;
  of Assyria--Tiglath-pileser I, 23, 346;
  of Assyria--Assur-nazir-pal III, 23, 214-216, 223, 343, 351;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser II, 24, 343, 351;
  of Israel--Ahab, 24;
  of Assyria--Samsi-Rammon, 24;
  of Assyria--Ninus, 25;
  of Armenia--Barsanes, 25;
  of India--Strabrobates, 26;
  'of the World, etc., etc.'--Semiramis, 29;
  of Assyria--Tiglath-pileser III, 29;
  of Assyria--Shalmaneser IV, 30;

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