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Identifier: mythslegendsofba00spenuoft (find matches)
Title: Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955
Subjects: Assyro-Babylonian religion Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian Legends Cults
Publisher: London : Harrap
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto
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moon-god, who ruled at Ur; Anu, who held sway overErech and Der; Ea, the Cannes of legend, whosecity was Eridu ; Bel, who ruled at Nippur, or Niffur ;Nergal of Cuthah; and Ishtar, who was goddessof Nineveh. The peoples of the several provincesidentified their prominent gods one with another,and indeed when Assyria rose to rivalry with Baby-lonia, its chief divinity, Asshur, was naturallyidentified with Merodach. In the chapter on cosmology we have seen howMerodach gained the lordship of heaven. It hasbeen shown that the rise of this god to power wascomparatively recent. Prior to the days of Khammu-rabi a rather different pantheon from that describedin later inscriptions held sway. In those moreprimitive days the principal gods appear to havebeen Bel or En-lil, Belit or Nin-lil his queen, Nin-girsu, Ea, Nergal, Shamash, Sin, Anu, and otherlesser divinities. There is indeed a sharp distinctionbetween the pre- and post-Khammurabic types ofreligion. Attempts had been made to form a pan-94
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  • booksubject:Legends
  • booksubject:Cults
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