MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA

 

Table of Contents

	Preface
	Introduction
I	The Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia
II	The Land of Rivers and the God of the Deep
III	Rival Pantheons and Representative Deities
IV	Demons, Fairies, and Ghosts
V	Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar
VI	Wars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad
VII	Creation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer
VIII	Deified Heroes: Etana and Gilgamesh
IX	Deluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and Hades
X	Buildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon
XI	The Golden Age of Babylonia
XII	Rise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians
XIII	Astrology and Astronomy
XIV	Ashur the National God of Assyria
XV	Conflicts for Trade and Supremacy
XVI	Race Movements that Shattered Empires
XVII	The Hebrews in Assyrian History
XVIII	The Age of Semiramis
XIX	Assyria's Age of Splendour
XX	The Last Days of Assyria and Babylonia
	Index

List of Figures

1.	TEMPTATION OF THE EA-BANI
2.	BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
I.1.	EXAMPLES OF RACIAL TYPES
I.2.	STATUE OF A ROYAL PERSONAGE OR OFFICIAL OF NON-SEMITIC ORIGIN
III.1.	WORSHIP OF THE MOON GOD
III.2.	WINGED MAN-HEADED LION
IV.1.	TWO FIGURES OF DEMONS
IV.2.	WINGED HUMAN-HEADED COW (?)
V.1.	ISHTAR IN HADES
V.2.	Female figure in adoration before a goddess
V.3.	The winged Ishtar above the rising sun god, the river god, and other deities
V.4.	Gilgamesh in conflict with bulls (see page 176)
V.5.	PLAQUE OF UR-NINA
VI.1.	SILVER VASE DEDICATED TO THE GOD NIN-GIRSU BY ENTEMENA
VI.2.	STELE OF NARAM SIN
VII.1.	STATUE OF GUDEA
VII.2.	"THE SEVEN TABLETS OF CREATION"
VII.3.	MERODACH SETS FORTH TO ATTACK TIAMAT
VIII.1.	THE SLAYING OF THE BULL OF ISHTAR
IX.1.	THE BABYLONIAN DELUGE
IX.2.	SLIPPER-SHAPED COFFIN MADE OF GLAZED EARTHENWARE
IX.3.	STELE OF HAMMURABI, WITH "CODE OF LAWS"
X.1.	THE BABYLONIAN MARRIAGE MARKET
XI.1.	HAMMURABI RECEIVING THE "CODE OF LAWS" FROM THE SUN GOD
XI.2.	THE HORSE IN WARFARE
XII.1.	LETTER FROM TUSHRATTA, KING OF MITANNI, TO AMENHOTEP III, KING OF EGYPT
XII.2.	THE GOD NINIP AND ANOTHER DEITY
XIII.1.	SYMBOLS OF DEITIES AS ASTRONOMICAL SIGNS
XIII.2.	ASHUR SYMBOLS
XIV.1.	WINGED DEITIES KNEELING BESIDE A SACRED TREE
XIV.2.	EAGLE-HEADED WINGED DEITY (ASHUR)
XVI.1.	ASSYRIAN KING HUNTING LIONS
XVI.2.	TYRIAN GALLEY PUTTING OUT TO SEA
XVII.1.	STATUE OF ASHUR-NATSIR-PAL, WITH INSCRIPTIONS
XVII.2.	DETAILS FROM SECOND SIDE OF BLACK OBELISK OF SHALMANESER III
XVIII.1.	THE SHEPHERD FINDS THE BABE SEMIRAMIS
XIX.1.	STATUE OF NEBO
XIX.2.	TIGLATH-PLESSER IV IN HIS CHARIOT
XIX.3.	COLOSSAL WINGED AND HUMAN-HEADED BULL AND MYTHOLOGICAL BEING
XIX.4.	ASSAULT ON THE CITY OF ALAMMU (? JERUSALEM) BY THE ASSYRIANS UNDER SENNACHERIB
XX.1.	ASHUR-BANI-PAL RECLINING IN A BOWER
XX.2.	PERSIANS BRINGING CHARIOTS, RINGS, AND WREATHS