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Arch-demons and demons, 334 DOD OR DODO

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 104
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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The most outstanding, 94 DIVS. Arch-demons and demons, 334 DOD OR DODO. _See_ David; worship of, by the side of Yahveh, 190 DOG-S. The, in Babylonia; five hounds of Assur-bani-pal, 290, 291; legend of a, 291, 292 DRAGON, THE. Bel and, 71; China and, 80; in Egypt, it is the serpent Apep, 80; in India, the serpent Vritra (Ahi), 80; in Australia and in parts of N. America a great frog, 80; Beowulf and, 80; Faffnir and, 80; legend of Bel and, in the Apocrypha, 97; Merodach's, 186; the, in Zoroaster's religion, 337 DREAM-S. Nebuchadrezzar's, and Daniel, 37-40; of Gyges, King of Lydia, 302, 303 DU-MU-ZI. A contraction of Du-mu-zi-apsu; name of Tammuz derived from, 126 DUN'GI. Gudea vassal of the throne of, 19 DYNASTY.

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