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Follows: the Heaven by Anu; the surface of the earth, including the atmosphere, by Bel; the under-world by Nouah

Date of account: Published 1879
Source: Demonology and Devil-lore
Reference: Demonology and Devil-lore · selected passage 75
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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follows: the Heaven by Anu; the surface of the earth, including the atmosphere, by Bel; the under-world by Nouah

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follows: the Heaven by Anu; the surface of the earth, including the atmosphere, by Bel; the under-world by Nouah. [79] This same Nouah is the Assyrian Hea or Saviour; and it is Noah of the Bible. The name means a rest or residence,--the place where man may dwell. When Tiamat the Dragon, or the Leviathan, opens 'the fountains of the great deep,' and Anu 'the windows of Heaven,' it is Hea or Noah who saves the life of man. M. François Lenormant has shown this to be the probable sense of one of the most ancient Accadian fragments in the British Museum. In it allusion is made to 'the serpent of seven heads ... that beats the sea.' [80] Hea, however, appears to be more clearly indicated in a fragment which Professor Sayce appends to this:--

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