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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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himself to his other son, Anu, god ofthe sky. Speak to the great dragon, he urgedhim ; speak to her, my son, and her anger will beassuaged and her wrath vanish. Duly obedient,Anu betook himself to the realm of Tiawath toreason with her, but the monster snarled at him sofiercely that in dread he turned his back upon herand departed. Next came Nudimmud to her, butwith no better success. At length the gods decidedthat one of their number, called Merodach, shouldundertake the task of combating Tiawath theterrible. Merodach asked that it might be writtenthat he should be victorious, and this was grantedhim. He was then given rule over the entire universe,and to test whether or not the greatest power hadpassed to him a garment was placed in the midstof the gods and Merodach spoke words commandingthat it should disappear. Straightway it vanishedand was not. Once more spake the god, and thegarment re-appeared before the eyes of the dwellersin heaven. The portion of the epic which describes7^
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  • booksubject:Assyro_Babylonian_religion
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  • booksubject:Legends
  • booksubject:Cults
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