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Goddess; mother of mankind, 'chief daughter of Anu,' 144, 145; Zag-muku and, 251 BE-DAD or BEN-DAD

Date of account: Ancient traditions presented in a work published 1916
Source: Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Reference: Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria · selected passage 103
Rights: public_domain
Language: English synthesis of Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian material
Translation: Lewis Spence, with cited translations and retellings
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Goddess; mother of mankind, 'chief daughter of Anu,' 144, 145; _Zag-muku_ and, 251 BE-DAD or BEN-DAD. The father of the Edomite Hadad, 190 BE-EL'ZE-BUB. Magic and, 258 BE-HIS-TÛN. Persian text at, 65 BEL. Babylonian sun-god, 41; the Dragon and 71; Merodach and, 79, 194; at Nippur, looked on as creator of man, 86; ruled at Nippur (Niffur), 94; earlier variant, En-lil; description of, 95-97; legend of the Dragon and, in the Apocrypha, 97; worship of, at Babylon, 98; King Cyrus and worship of, 98-101; the temple of, 101-105; discovery of Mr George Smith re temple of, 101; Nebo, son of, 102; father of Nirig, 153; Ut-Napishtim and, 174, 176; Gilgamesh resorts to, 180; Tablets of Destiny and, 193-195; Dagan and, 198, 216; the Assyrians and the country of, 225; Merodach usurped place of, 227; the Pole Star (of equator), 236; eclipses and, 255; Bilé allied with, 317; shrine to, of King Bur-Sin I, 364 _Bel, The Observations of_. In library founded by Sargon, 18; translated into Greek by Berossus, 18 BEL'IT. A generic term given to Ishtar, 214, 227; Anu's consort, 227; figures as wife of Asshur, 227; Tiglath-pileser I and, 227; Assur-bani-pal and, 227 BEL-KU'DUR-U'ZUR.

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