Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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INTRODUCTION T Sumerian Mythology INTRODUCTION HE SUMERIANS INHABITED the southern part of the alluvial basin formed by the Tigris and the Euphrates ( in present - day Iraq ) . Their lan- guage was written on clay tablets in wedge ...
INTRODUCTION T Sumerian Mythology INTRODUCTION HE SUMERIANS INHABITED the southern part of the alluvial basin formed by the Tigris and the Euphrates ( in present - day Iraq ) . Their lan- guage was written on clay tablets in wedge ...
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... Sumer and translated a number of Sumerian myths , their religious sensibilities owe much to their pastoralist origin . The important Sumerian deities were simply renamed with a Semitic appellative ( An : Anu ; Enki : Ea ; Enlil : Ellil ...
... Sumer and translated a number of Sumerian myths , their religious sensibilities owe much to their pastoralist origin . The important Sumerian deities were simply renamed with a Semitic appellative ( An : Anu ; Enki : Ea ; Enlil : Ellil ...
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... Sumerian tale she is stripped of her accoutrements . Ereshkigal fatally curses Ishtar , whose death has drastic consequences on earth : all copulation among beasts and man comes to an end . Ea ( the Sumerian Enki ) creates a handsome ...
... Sumerian tale she is stripped of her accoutrements . Ereshkigal fatally curses Ishtar , whose death has drastic consequences on earth : all copulation among beasts and man comes to an end . Ea ( the Sumerian Enki ) creates a handsome ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus