Myths & Legends of Babylonia & AssyriaA collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites. |
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Abram Adapa Akkadian alluded ancient animals animistic appears Aralu Asshur Assur-bani-pal Assyrian Babylon Babylonia and Assyria Babylonian religion belief Berossus Borsippa bull Chaldean Colour conquered cult cuneiform death deity deluge demons divine dragon Eabani early earth Egypt Egyptian Elamite En-lil epic Erech Eridu Euphrates Evelyn Paul evil excavation father feet gate Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek Gudea Hadad heaven hero identified inscriptions Ishtar Kassite Khammurabi King of Assyria land later Layard legend liver lonian lord magic Merodach monarch monster moon mound mountain myth mythological Nabu Nannaros Nebo Nebuchadrezzar Nergal Nimrod Nineveh Ninib Nippur Oannes origin palace pantheon Parsondes Persian Phoenician priests primitive probably race Ramman regarded reign religious sacred Sardanapalus Sargon says Semitic Shamash shrine Sinonis Sippar solar spirits story Sumerian sun-god symbol tablets Tammuz temple texts thee thou Tiawath Tiglath-pileser tion tower unearthed Ut-Napishtim worship zikkurat