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

WAR. Ishtar, goddess of, 127, 213, 214;
  -god, Ninib a, 214;
  -god, Ramman a, 221
WAR-KÂ. Work of Loftus at, 346, 347
WATER. Purification by, 270
WATERS OF DEATH. Gilgamesh crosses, 158, 159
WESTERGAARD. Median language and, 65
WIND, SOUTH. Adapa and the, story of, 116-121;
  variant, Shutu, 117
WINDOWS. None in Nebuchadrezzar's palace at Babylon, 369
WITCH. Known as _Kassaptu_, 261;
  -finding, 272-275;
  -orgies in France, 293
WIZARDS. Priestly, 260-262;
  known as _Kassapu_, 261
WORD OF POWER, THE. The magicians of Chaldea and, 263
WORSHIP. Of gods by gods, 77;
  of gods under animal forms, 92, 93;
  of Bel, 98-101;
  of Shamash, 109;
  of Aa, 110;
  of Ishtar, 124;
  of Dagon, 151;
  of Merodach, 184, 185;
  of Nebo, 184, 185;
  of Hadad, in Syria, 188;
  of the Sun-god in Canaan and Phœnicia, 190;
  of Dodo or Dod, by the side of Yahveh, 190;
  of Ramman, 219, 220;
  of Aztecs and Toltecs, 226, 227;
  of stars, Babylonian, 231-238;
  lunar, 236;
  moon-, 249;
  Semitic, and lamentations, 253;
  of the gazelle and goat, 292-294;
  of great earth-mother, 318, 319;
  of ancestors; Canaanites, 326;
  of Moloch, 328;
  Carthaginian, 329-332;
  Zoroastrian, 332-336;
  of fire, 335, etc.
WRITING, CUNEIFORM. Restoration of, 60-67;
  Josaphat Barbara and, 61;
  Pietro della Valle and, 61;
  Sir John Chardin and, 61;
  Niebuhr and, 61;
  Tychsen and, 61;
  Münter and, 61;
  Georg Grotefend, and, 62;
  Professor Lassen and, 63;
  Burnouf and, 63;
  Major Henry Rawlinson and, 64-66;
  Westergaard and, 65;
  Morris and, 65;
  Löwenstern and, 65;
  Hinks and, 65;
  Longpérier and, 66;
  origin of, 66, 67;
  on obelisk of Shalmaneser II, 343
WRITING-S. Religions, of Babylonia, 67;
  of Oannes, 113-116;
  Nebo credited, like Ea, with the invention of, 185;
  Tashmit patron of, 185;
  stars, the, of heaven, 231;
  Zarathustrian sacred, 334


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XER'XES, KING. Reference to, 141;
  Esther, the crown-name of Jewish wife of, 143


Y

YAH'WEH. The Hebrew name of God, 49;
  worship of, by the side of Dodo, by the Israelites, 190
YAR'AN. Sargon and, 210, 211
YEAR, NEW. _See_ New


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Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria

Spence, Lewis

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

WAR. Ishtar, goddess of, 127, 213, 214;
  -god, Ninib a, 214;
  -god, Ramman a, 221
WAR-KÂ. Work of Loftus at, 346, 347
WATER. Purification by, 270
WATERS OF DEATH. Gilgamesh crosses, 158, 159
WESTERGAARD. Median language and, 65
WIND, SOUTH. Adapa and the, story of, 116-121;
  variant, Shutu, 117
WINDOWS. None in Nebuchadrezzar's palace at Babylon, 369
WITCH. Known as _Kassaptu_, 261;
  -finding, 272-275;
  -orgies in France, 293
WIZARDS. Priestly, 260-262;
  known as _Kassapu_, 261
WORD OF POWER, THE. The magicians of Chaldea and, 263
WORSHIP. Of gods by gods, 77;
  of gods under animal forms, 92, 93;
  of Bel, 98-101;
  of Shamash, 109;
  of Aa, 110;
  of Ishtar, 124;
  of Dagon, 151;
  of Merodach, 184, 185;
  of Nebo, 184, 185;
  of Hadad, in Syria, 188;
  of the Sun-god in Canaan and Phœnicia, 190;
  of Dodo or Dod, by the side of Yahveh, 190;
  of Ramman, 219, 220;
  of Aztecs and Toltecs, 226, 227;
  of stars, Babylonian, 231-238;
  lunar, 236;
  moon-, 249;
  Semitic, and lamentations, 253;
  of the gazelle and goat, 292-294;
  of great earth-mother, 318, 319;
  of ancestors; Canaanites, 326;
  of Moloch, 328;
  Carthaginian, 329-332;
  Zoroastrian, 332-336;
  of fire, 335, etc.
WRITING, CUNEIFORM. Restoration of, 60-67;
  Josaphat Barbara and, 61;
  Pietro della Valle and, 61;
  Sir John Chardin and, 61;
  Niebuhr and, 61;
  Tychsen and, 61;
  Münter and, 61;
  Georg Grotefend, and, 62;
  Professor Lassen and, 63;
  Burnouf and, 63;
  Major Henry Rawlinson and, 64-66;
  Westergaard and, 65;
  Morris and, 65;
  Löwenstern and, 65;
  Hinks and, 65;
  Longpérier and, 66;
  origin of, 66, 67;
  on obelisk of Shalmaneser II, 343
WRITING-S. Religions, of Babylonia, 67;
  of Oannes, 113-116;
  Nebo credited, like Ea, with the invention of, 185;
  Tashmit patron of, 185;
  stars, the, of heaven, 231;
  Zarathustrian sacred, 334


X

XER'XES, KING. Reference to, 141;
  Esther, the crown-name of Jewish wife of, 143


Y

YAH'WEH. The Hebrew name of God, 49;
  worship of, by the side of Dodo, by the Israelites, 190
YAR'AN. Sargon and, 210, 211
YEAR, NEW. _See_ New


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