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- MYTHS & LEGENDS OF BABYLONIA & ASSYRIA
- BY
- LEWIS SPENCE F.R.A.I.
- AUTHOR OF "THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU" "THE CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT MEXICO" "THE POPOL VUH" "THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS" "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT" ETC.
- WITH EIGHT PLATES IN COLOUR BY EVELYN PAUL AND THIRTY-TWO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I: BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- The Akkadians
- The Semite Conquerors
- A Babylonian Conqueror
- The First Library in Babylonia
- Gudea
- Khammurabi the Great
- A Court Murder
- Tiglath-Pileser
- Semiramis the Great
- The Second Assyrian Empire
- Sardanapalus the Splendid
- The First Great Library
- The Last Kings of Assyria
- Nebuchadrezzar
- The Last of the Babylonian Kings
- The History of Berossus
- Berossus' Account of the Deluge
- Analogies with the Flood Myth
- Babylonian Archæology
- The Tower of Babel
- Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
- Abram and Nimrod
- A Persian Version
- The 'Babylonica'
- Cuneiform Writing
- Grotefend
- Rawlinson
- Origin of Cuneiform
- The Sacred Literature of Babylonia
- Hymn to Adar
- CHAPTER II: BABYLONIAN COSMOGONY
- The Babylonian Myth of Creation
- The Birth of the Gods
- A Darksome Trinity
- Type of Babylonian Cosmology
- Connexion with the Jonah Legend
- CHAPTER III: EARLY BABYLONIAN RELIGION
- The Beginnings of Babylonian Religion
- Spirits and Gods
- Was Babylonian Religion Semitic in Type?
- Totemism in Babylonian Religion
- The Great Gods
- Bel
- Bel and the Dragon
- Beltis
- The Temple of Bel
- Nergal
- Dibarra
- Shamash
- Ea
- The Writings of Oannes
- The Story of Adapa and the South Wind
- Anu
- Ishtar
- The Descent of Ishtar into Hades
- Tammuz and Ishtar
- At the Gates of Aralu
- Ishtar and Persephone
- Lamentations for Tammuz
- An Allegorical Interpretation of the Myth
- Ishtar, Tammuz, and Vegetation
- Ishtar and Esther
- Lang on the Esther Story
- Nin-Girsu
- Bau
- Nannar
- Nannar in Decay
- Aralu, or Eres-ki-Gal
- Dagon
- Nirig, or Enu-Restu
- CHAPTER IV: THE GILGAMESH EPIC
- The Birth of Gilgamesh
- Eabani
- Gilgamesh as Tyrant
- The Beguiling of Eabani
- Gilgamesh meets Eabani
- The Monster Khumbaba
- Ishtar's Love for Gilgamesh
- The Bull of Anu
- The Death of Eabani
- The Quest of Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh and Ut-Napishtim
- The Deluge Myth
- The Babylonian Ark
- The Bird Messengers
- CHAPTER V: THE LATER PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA
- Nebo
- Nebo as Grain-God
- Tashmit
- Shamash and Khammurabi
- Hadad
- Hadad, Dáda, David, and Dido
- Ea in Later Times
- Zu
- The Legend of Zu
- Bel
- The Triad of Earth, Air, and Sea
- Dawkina
- Anu
- CHAPTER VI: THE GREAT GOD MERODACH AND HIS CULT
- A New-Year's Ceremony
- CHAPTER VII: THE PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA
- Asshur
- The Secret of Assyrian Greatness
- Asshur as Conqueror
- Ishtar in Assyria
- Ishtar as a War-Goddess
- Ninib as an Assyrian War-God
- Ninib as Hunter-God
- Dagan
- Anu
- Ramman
- Shamash
- Sin in the Northern Land
- Nusku of the Brilliant Sceptre
- Bel-Merodach
- Prisoner-Gods
- The Assyrian Bel and Belit
- Nabu and Merodach
- Ea
- Dibbarra
- Lesser Gods
- CHAPTER VIII: BABYLONIAN STAR-WORSHIP
- Legend of the Origin of Star-Worship and Idolatry
- Speculations of the Chaldeans
- Planets identified with Gods
- CHAPTER IX: THE PRIESTHOOD, CULT, AND TEMPLES
- Sacrifices
- The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria
- The Great Temple-Builders
- The Temple of E-Kur
- The Brilliant House
- Ur, the Moon-City
- The Twin Temples
- Temples as Banks
- Feasts and Festivals
- The Chamber of Fates
- Lamentation Rituals
- The Terror of Eclipse
- CHAPTER X: THE MAGIC AND DEMONOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- The Roots of Science
- Priestly Wizards
- A Toothache Myth
- The Word of Power
- Babylonian Vampires
- The Bible and Magic
- The Speaking Head
- Gods once Demons
- The Legend of Ura
- Purification
- The Chamber of the Priest-Magician
- The Witch-Finding
- The Magic Circle
- Babylonian Demons
- Taboo
- Popular Superstitions
- Omens
- The Ritual of Hepatoscopy
- The Missing Caravan
- CHAPTER XI: THE MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS AND ANIMALS OF CHALDEA
- Winged Bulls
- The Dog in Babylonia
- A Dog Legend
- Gazelle and Goat Gods
- The Goat Cult
- The Invasion of the Monsters
- The Eagle
- CHAPTER XII: TALES OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN KINGS
- Poet or Braggart?
- The Autobiography of Assur-bani-pal
- Dream of Gyges
- Assur-bani-pal as Architect
- A 'Likeable' Monarch
- The Fatal Eclipse
- A Royal 'Day'
- CHAPTER XIII: THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN RELIGIONS
- Semitic Conservatism
- Teutonic and Celtic Comparisons
- Babylonian Religion Typically Animistic
- A Mother-Goddess Theory
- Babylonian Influence on Jewish Religion
- Babylonian Influence upon the other Semites
- The Canaanites
- The Gods of the Phœnicians
- The Carthaginian Religion
- The Religion of Zoroaster
- Babylonian Ethics
- CHAPTER XIV: MODERN EXCAVATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- Sir Henry Layard
- Where Rawlinson Slept
- George Smith
- The Palace of Nimrûd
- Hormuzd Rassam
- De Sarzec
- The American Expedition of 1889
- The Business Quarter of Nippur
- The Fourth Campaign
- Hilprecht Returns
- The House of the Dead
- The Temple Library
- A Babylonian Museum
- Haynes' Work at Nippur
- Recent Research
- The Babylon of Nebuchadrezzar II
- The Outer Wall
- Bâbil as a Citadel
- Babylon's Water-Supply
- Nebuchadrezzar's Palace
- The Palace without Windows
- The Great Throne Room
- The Drainage System
- The Hanging Gardens
- The Great Gate of Ishtar
- The Street of Processions
- The Temples of Babylon
- E-Sagila
- The Great Tower of Nabu (E-Zida)
- The Euphrates Bridge
- The Elder Babylon
- Town-Planning
- CHAPTER XV: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- The Conquering Cyrus
- A Great Lesson
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX
- THE PRONUNCIATION OF ASSYRIAN
- WITH EIGHT PLATES IN COLOUR BY EVELYN PAUL AND THIRTY-TWO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I: BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- The Akkadians
- The Semite Conquerors
- A Babylonian Conqueror
- The First Library in Babylonia
- Gudea
- Khammurabi the Great
- A Court Murder
- Tiglath-Pileser
- Semiramis the Great
- The Second Assyrian Empire
- Sardanapalus the Splendid
- The First Great Library
- The Last Kings of Assyria
- Nebuchadrezzar
- The Last of the Babylonian Kings
- The History of Berossus
- Berossus' Account of the Deluge
- Analogies with the Flood Myth
- Babylonian Archæology
- The Tower of Babel
- Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
- Abram and Nimrod
- A Persian Version
- The 'Babylonica'
- Cuneiform Writing
- Grotefend
- Rawlinson
- Origin of Cuneiform
- The Sacred Literature of Babylonia
- Hymn to Adar
- CHAPTER II: BABYLONIAN COSMOGONY
- The Babylonian Myth of Creation
- The Birth of the Gods
- A Darksome Trinity
- Type of Babylonian Cosmology
- Connexion with the Jonah Legend
- CHAPTER III: EARLY BABYLONIAN RELIGION
- The Beginnings of Babylonian Religion
- Spirits and Gods
- Was Babylonian Religion Semitic in Type?
- Totemism in Babylonian Religion
- The Great Gods
- Bel
- Bel and the Dragon
- Beltis
- The Temple of Bel
- Nergal
- Dibarra
- Shamash
- Ea
- The Writings of Oannes
- The Story of Adapa and the South Wind
- Anu
- Ishtar
- The Descent of Ishtar into Hades
- Tammuz and Ishtar
- At the Gates of Aralu
- Ishtar and Persephone
- Lamentations for Tammuz
- An Allegorical Interpretation of the Myth
- Ishtar, Tammuz, and Vegetation
- Ishtar and Esther
- Lang on the Esther Story
- Nin-Girsu
- Bau
- Nannar
- Nannar in Decay
- Aralu, or Eres-ki-Gal
- Dagon
- Nirig, or Enu-Restu
- CHAPTER IV: THE GILGAMESH EPIC
- The Birth of Gilgamesh
- Eabani
- Gilgamesh as Tyrant
- The Beguiling of Eabani
- Gilgamesh meets Eabani
- The Monster Khumbaba
- Ishtar's Love for Gilgamesh
- The Bull of Anu
- The Death of Eabani
- The Quest of Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh and Ut-Napishtim
- The Deluge Myth
- The Babylonian Ark
- The Bird Messengers
- CHAPTER V: THE LATER PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA
- Nebo
- Nebo as Grain-God
- Tashmit
- Shamash and Khammurabi
- Hadad
- Hadad, Dáda, David, and Dido
- Ea in Later Times
- Zu
- The Legend of Zu
- Bel
- The Triad of Earth, Air, and Sea
- Dawkina
- Anu
- CHAPTER VI: THE GREAT GOD MERODACH AND HIS CULT
- A New-Year's Ceremony
- CHAPTER VII: THE PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA
- Asshur
- The Secret of Assyrian Greatness
- Asshur as Conqueror
- Ishtar in Assyria
- Ishtar as a War-Goddess
- Ninib as an Assyrian War-God
- Ninib as Hunter-God
- Dagan
- Anu
- Ramman
- Shamash
- Sin in the Northern Land
- Nusku of the Brilliant Sceptre
- Bel-Merodach
- Prisoner-Gods
- The Assyrian Bel and Belit
- Nabu and Merodach
- Ea
- Dibbarra
- Lesser Gods
- CHAPTER VIII: BABYLONIAN STAR-WORSHIP
- Legend of the Origin of Star-Worship and Idolatry
- Speculations of the Chaldeans
- Planets identified with Gods
- CHAPTER IX: THE PRIESTHOOD, CULT, AND TEMPLES
- Sacrifices
- The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria
- The Great Temple-Builders
- The Temple of E-Kur
- The Brilliant House
- Ur, the Moon-City
- The Twin Temples
- Temples as Banks
- Feasts and Festivals
- The Chamber of Fates
- Lamentation Rituals
- The Terror of Eclipse
- CHAPTER X: THE MAGIC AND DEMONOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- The Roots of Science
- Priestly Wizards
- A Toothache Myth
- The Word of Power
- Babylonian Vampires
- The Bible and Magic
- The Speaking Head
- Gods once Demons
- The Legend of Ura
- Purification
- The Chamber of the Priest-Magician
- The Witch-Finding
- The Magic Circle
- Babylonian Demons
- Taboo
- Popular Superstitions
- Omens
- The Ritual of Hepatoscopy
- The Missing Caravan
- CHAPTER XI: THE MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS AND ANIMALS OF CHALDEA
- Winged Bulls
- The Dog in Babylonia
- A Dog Legend
- Gazelle and Goat Gods
- The Goat Cult
- The Invasion of the Monsters
- The Eagle
- CHAPTER XII: TALES OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN KINGS
- Poet or Braggart?
- The Autobiography of Assur-bani-pal
- Dream of Gyges
- Assur-bani-pal as Architect
- A 'Likeable' Monarch
- The Fatal Eclipse
- A Royal 'Day'
- CHAPTER XIII: THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN RELIGIONS
- Semitic Conservatism
- Teutonic and Celtic Comparisons
- Babylonian Religion Typically Animistic
- A Mother-Goddess Theory
- Babylonian Influence on Jewish Religion
- Babylonian Influence upon the other Semites
- The Canaanites
- The Gods of the Phœnicians
- The Carthaginian Religion
- The Religion of Zoroaster
- Babylonian Ethics
- CHAPTER XIV: MODERN EXCAVATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- Sir Henry Layard
- Where Rawlinson Slept
- George Smith
- The Palace of Nimrûd
- Hormuzd Rassam
- De Sarzec
- The American Expedition of 1889
- The Business Quarter of Nippur
- The Fourth Campaign
- Hilprecht Returns
- The House of the Dead
- The Temple Library
- A Babylonian Museum
- Haynes' Work at Nippur
- Recent Research
- The Babylon of Nebuchadrezzar II
- The Outer Wall
- Bâbil as a Citadel
- Babylon's Water-Supply
- Nebuchadrezzar's Palace
- The Palace without Windows
- The Great Throne Room
- The Drainage System
- The Hanging Gardens
- The Great Gate of Ishtar
- The Street of Processions
- The Temples of Babylon
- E-Sagila
- The Great Tower of Nabu (E-Zida)
- The Euphrates Bridge
- The Elder Babylon
- Town-Planning
- CHAPTER XV: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- The Conquering Cyrus
- A Great Lesson
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX
- THE PRONUNCIATION OF ASSYRIAN
- Table of Contents — extended
- AUTHOR OF "THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU" "THE CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT MEXICO" "THE POPOL VUH" "THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS" "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT" ETC.
- AUTHOR OF "THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU" "THE CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT MEXICO" "THE POPOL VUH" "THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS" "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT" ETC.
- WITH EIGHT PLATES IN COLOUR BY EVELYN PAUL AND THIRTY-TWO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I: BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- The Akkadians
- The Semite Conquerors
- A Babylonian Conqueror
- The First Library in Babylonia
- Gudea
- Khammurabi the Great
- A Court Murder
- Tiglath-Pileser
- Semiramis the Great
- The Second Assyrian Empire
- Sardanapalus the Splendid
- The First Great Library
- The Last Kings of Assyria
- Nebuchadrezzar
- The Last of the Babylonian Kings
- The History of Berossus
- Berossus' Account of the Deluge
- Analogies with the Flood Myth
- Babylonian Archæology
- The Tower of Babel
- Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
- Abram and Nimrod
- A Persian Version
- The 'Babylonica'
- Cuneiform Writing
- Grotefend
- Rawlinson
- Origin of Cuneiform
- The Sacred Literature of Babylonia
- Hymn to Adar
- CHAPTER II: BABYLONIAN COSMOGONY
- The Babylonian Myth of Creation
- The Birth of the Gods
- A Darksome Trinity
- Type of Babylonian Cosmology
- Connexion with the Jonah Legend
- CHAPTER III: EARLY BABYLONIAN RELIGION
- The Beginnings of Babylonian Religion
- Spirits and Gods
- Was Babylonian Religion Semitic in Type?
- Totemism in Babylonian Religion
- The Great Gods
- Bel
- Bel and the Dragon
- Beltis
- The Temple of Bel
- Nergal
- Dibarra
- Shamash
- Ea
- The Writings of Oannes
- The Story of Adapa and the South Wind
- Anu
- Ishtar
- The Descent of Ishtar into Hades
- Tammuz and Ishtar
- At the Gates of Aralu
- Ishtar and Persephone
- Lamentations for Tammuz
- An Allegorical Interpretation of the Myth
- Ishtar, Tammuz, and Vegetation
- Ishtar and Esther
- Lang on the Esther Story
- Nin-Girsu
- Bau
- Nannar
- Nannar in Decay
- Aralu, or Eres-ki-Gal
- Dagon
- Nirig, or Enu-Restu
- CHAPTER IV: THE GILGAMESH EPIC
- The Birth of Gilgamesh
- Eabani
- Gilgamesh as Tyrant
- The Beguiling of Eabani
- Gilgamesh meets Eabani
- The Monster Khumbaba
- Ishtar's Love for Gilgamesh
- The Bull of Anu
- The Death of Eabani
- The Quest of Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh and Ut-Napishtim
- The Deluge Myth
- The Babylonian Ark
- The Bird Messengers
- CHAPTER V: THE LATER PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA
- Nebo
- Nebo as Grain-God
- Tashmit
- Shamash and Khammurabi
- Hadad
- Hadad, Dáda, David, and Dido
- Ea in Later Times
- Zu
- The Legend of Zu
- Bel
- The Triad of Earth, Air, and Sea
- Dawkina
- Anu
- CHAPTER VI: THE GREAT GOD MERODACH AND HIS CULT
- A New-Year's Ceremony
- CHAPTER VII: THE PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA
- Asshur
- The Secret of Assyrian Greatness
- Asshur as Conqueror
- Ishtar in Assyria
- Ishtar as a War-Goddess
- Ninib as an Assyrian War-God
- Ninib as Hunter-God
- Dagan
- Anu
- Ramman
- Shamash
- Sin in the Northern Land
- Nusku of the Brilliant Sceptre
- Bel-Merodach
- Prisoner-Gods
- The Assyrian Bel and Belit
- Nabu and Merodach
- Ea
- Dibbarra
- Lesser Gods
- CHAPTER VIII: BABYLONIAN STAR-WORSHIP
- Legend of the Origin of Star-Worship and Idolatry
- Speculations of the Chaldeans
- Planets identified with Gods
- CHAPTER IX: THE PRIESTHOOD, CULT, AND TEMPLES
- Sacrifices
- The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria
- The Great Temple-Builders
- The Temple of E-Kur
- The Brilliant House
- Ur, the Moon-City
- The Twin Temples
- Temples as Banks
- Feasts and Festivals
- The Chamber of Fates
- Lamentation Rituals
- The Terror of Eclipse
- CHAPTER X: THE MAGIC AND DEMONOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- The Roots of Science
- Priestly Wizards
- A Toothache Myth
- The Word of Power
- Babylonian Vampires
- The Bible and Magic
- The Speaking Head
- Gods once Demons
- The Legend of Ura
- Purification
- The Chamber of the Priest-Magician
- The Witch-Finding
- The Magic Circle
- Babylonian Demons
- Taboo
- Popular Superstitions
- Omens
- The Ritual of Hepatoscopy
- The Missing Caravan
- CHAPTER XI: THE MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS AND ANIMALS OF CHALDEA
- Winged Bulls
- The Dog in Babylonia
- A Dog Legend
- Gazelle and Goat Gods
- The Goat Cult
- The Invasion of the Monsters
- The Eagle
- CHAPTER XII: TALES OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN KINGS
- Poet or Braggart?
- The Autobiography of Assur-bani-pal
- Dream of Gyges
- Assur-bani-pal as Architect
- A 'Likeable' Monarch
- The Fatal Eclipse
- A Royal 'Day'
- CHAPTER XIII: THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN RELIGIONS
- Semitic Conservatism
- Teutonic and Celtic Comparisons
- Babylonian Religion Typically Animistic
- A Mother-Goddess Theory
- Babylonian Influence on Jewish Religion
- Babylonian Influence upon the other Semites
- The Canaanites
- The Gods of the Phœnicians
- The Carthaginian Religion
- The Religion of Zoroaster
- Babylonian Ethics
- CHAPTER XIV: MODERN EXCAVATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- Sir Henry Layard
- Where Rawlinson Slept
- George Smith
- The Palace of Nimrûd
- Hormuzd Rassam
- De Sarzec
- The American Expedition of 1889
- The Business Quarter of Nippur
- The Fourth Campaign
- Hilprecht Returns
- The House of the Dead
- The Temple Library
- A Babylonian Museum
- Haynes' Work at Nippur
- Recent Research
- The Babylon of Nebuchadrezzar II
- The Outer Wall
- Bâbil as a Citadel
- Babylon's Water-Supply
- Nebuchadrezzar's Palace
- The Palace without Windows
- The Great Throne Room
- The Drainage System
- The Hanging Gardens
- The Great Gate of Ishtar
- The Street of Processions
- The Temples of Babylon
- E-Sagila
- The Great Tower of Nabu (E-Zida)
- The Euphrates Bridge
- The Elder Babylon
- Town-Planning
- CHAPTER XV: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- The Conquering Cyrus
- A Great Lesson
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX
- THE PRONUNCIATION OF ASSYRIAN
- WITH EIGHT PLATES IN COLOUR BY EVELYN PAUL AND THIRTY-TWO OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I: BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
- The Akkadians
- The Semite Conquerors
- A Babylonian Conqueror
- The First Library in Babylonia
- Gudea
- Khammurabi the Great
- A Court Murder
- Tiglath-Pileser
- Semiramis the Great
- The Second Assyrian Empire
- Sardanapalus the Splendid
- The First Great Library
- The Last Kings of Assyria
- Nebuchadrezzar
- The Last of the Babylonian Kings
- The History of Berossus
- Berossus' Account of the Deluge
- Analogies with the Flood Myth
- Babylonian Archæology
- The Tower of Babel
- Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
- Abram and Nimrod
- A Persian Version
- The 'Babylonica'
- Cuneiform Writing
- Grotefend
- Rawlinson
- Origin of Cuneiform
- The Sacred Literature of Babylonia
- Hymn to Adar
- CHAPTER II: BABYLONIAN COSMOGONY
- The Babylonian Myth of Creation
- The Birth of the Gods
- A Darksome Trinity
- Type of Babylonian Cosmology
- Connexion with the Jonah Legend
- CHAPTER III: EARLY BABYLONIAN RELIGION
- The Beginnings of Babylonian Religion
- Spirits and Gods
- Was Babylonian Religion Semitic in Type?
- Totemism in Babylonian Religion
- The Great Gods
- Bel
- Bel and the Dragon
- Beltis
- The Temple of Bel
- Nergal
- Dibarra
- Shamash
- Ea
- The Writings of Oannes
- The Story of Adapa and the South Wind
- Anu
- Ishtar
- The Descent of Ishtar into Hades
- Tammuz and Ishtar
- At the Gates of Aralu
- Ishtar and Persephone
- Lamentations for Tammuz
- An Allegorical Interpretation of the Myth
- Ishtar, Tammuz, and Vegetation
- Ishtar and Esther
- Lang on the Esther Story
- Nin-Girsu
- Bau
- Nannar
- Nannar in Decay
- Aralu, or Eres-ki-Gal
- Dagon
- Nirig, or Enu-Restu
- CHAPTER IV: THE GILGAMESH EPIC
- The Birth of Gilgamesh
- Eabani
- Gilgamesh as Tyrant
- The Beguiling of Eabani
- Gilgamesh meets Eabani
- The Monster Khumbaba
- Ishtar's Love for Gilgamesh
- The Bull of Anu
- The Death of Eabani
- The Quest of Gilgamesh
- Gilgamesh and Ut-Napishtim
- The Deluge Myth
- The Babylonian Ark
- The Bird Messengers
- CHAPTER V: THE LATER PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA
- Nebo
- Nebo as Grain-God
- Tashmit
- Shamash and Khammurabi
- Hadad
- Hadad, Dáda, David, and Dido
- Ea in Later Times
- Zu
- The Legend of Zu
- Bel
- The Triad of Earth, Air, and Sea
- Dawkina
- Anu
- CHAPTER VI: THE GREAT GOD MERODACH AND HIS CULT
- A New-Year's Ceremony
- CHAPTER VII: THE PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA
- Asshur
- The Secret of Assyrian Greatness
- Asshur as Conqueror
- Ishtar in Assyria
- Ishtar as a War-Goddess
- Ninib as an Assyrian War-God
- Ninib as Hunter-God
- Dagan
- Anu
- Ramman
- Shamash
- Sin in the Northern Land
- Nusku of the Brilliant Sceptre
- Bel-Merodach
- Prisoner-Gods
- The Assyrian Bel and Belit
- Nabu and Merodach
- Ea
- Dibbarra
- Lesser Gods
- CHAPTER VIII: BABYLONIAN STAR-WORSHIP
- Legend of the Origin of Star-Worship and Idolatry
- Speculations of the Chaldeans
- Planets identified with Gods
- CHAPTER IX: THE PRIESTHOOD, CULT, AND TEMPLES
- Sacrifices
- The Temples of Babylonia and Assyria
- The Great Temple-Builders
- The Temple of E-Kur
- The Brilliant House
- Ur, the Moon-City
- The Twin Temples
- Temples as Banks
- Feasts and Festivals
- The Chamber of Fates
- Lamentation Rituals
- The Terror of Eclipse
- CHAPTER X: THE MAGIC AND DEMONOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- The Roots of Science
- Priestly Wizards
- A Toothache Myth
- The Word of Power
- Babylonian Vampires
- The Bible and Magic
- The Speaking Head
- Gods once Demons
- The Legend of Ura
- Purification
- The Chamber of the Priest-Magician
- The Witch-Finding
- The Magic Circle
- Babylonian Demons
- Taboo
- Popular Superstitions
- Omens
- The Ritual of Hepatoscopy
- The Missing Caravan
- CHAPTER XI: THE MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS AND ANIMALS OF CHALDEA
- Winged Bulls
- The Dog in Babylonia
- A Dog Legend
- Gazelle and Goat Gods
- The Goat Cult
- The Invasion of the Monsters
- The Eagle
- CHAPTER XII: TALES OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN KINGS
- Poet or Braggart?
- The Autobiography of Assur-bani-pal
- Dream of Gyges
- Assur-bani-pal as Architect
- A 'Likeable' Monarch
- The Fatal Eclipse
- A Royal 'Day'
- CHAPTER XIII: THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN RELIGIONS
- Semitic Conservatism
- Teutonic and Celtic Comparisons
- Babylonian Religion Typically Animistic
- A Mother-Goddess Theory
- Babylonian Influence on Jewish Religion
- Babylonian Influence upon the other Semites
- The Canaanites
- The Gods of the Phœnicians
- The Carthaginian Religion
- The Religion of Zoroaster
- Babylonian Ethics
- CHAPTER XIV: MODERN EXCAVATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
- Sir Henry Layard
- Where Rawlinson Slept
- George Smith
- The Palace of Nimrûd
- Hormuzd Rassam
- De Sarzec
- The American Expedition of 1889
- The Business Quarter of Nippur
- The Fourth Campaign
- Hilprecht Returns
- The House of the Dead
- The Temple Library
- A Babylonian Museum
- Haynes' Work at Nippur
- Recent Research
- The Babylon of Nebuchadrezzar II
- The Outer Wall
- Bâbil as a Citadel
- Babylon's Water-Supply
- Nebuchadrezzar's Palace
- The Palace without Windows
- The Great Throne Room
- The Drainage System
- The Hanging Gardens
- The Great Gate of Ishtar
- The Street of Processions
- The Temples of Babylon
- E-Sagila
- The Great Tower of Nabu (E-Zida)
- The Euphrates Bridge
- The Elder Babylon
- Town-Planning
- CHAPTER XV: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- The Conquering Cyrus
- A Great Lesson
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX
- THE PRONUNCIATION OF ASSYRIAN
- Table of Contents — extended
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