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29, 163; typifies primitive man in Gilgamesh epic, 155, 159, 160; the monster Khumbaba and, 158; slain by wrath…

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 105
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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29, 163; typifies primitive man in Gilgamesh epic, 155, 159, 160; the monster Khumbaba and, 158; slain by wrath of Ishtar, 158; shade of, appears to Gilgamesh, 160; a sort of satyr, 163; the beguiling of, 163, 164; Gilgamesh meets, 164-166; death of, 170; Gilgamesh laments, 179; ghost of, designated _utukku_, 181 EAGLE. Symbol of Kis, 294, 296; Babylonian fable _re_ the, 296-298 EA-LUR. Goddess; amalgamated with Zarpanitum, 186 E-ANNA. Temple of, at Erech, 250 E-ANNA-TUM. Shamash first mentioned in reign of, 109; 'stele of vultures' erected by, discovered by de Sarzec, 355 EARTH. The _Annunaki_, the spirits of, 90; -mother, worship of, 318, 319 E-BABB'ARA. 'The shining house'; name of Shamash's sanctuary, 109, 249 EC-BA-TA'NA. Cyaxares, the Scythian king of, 36 ECLIPSE. Terror of, to Babylonians, 255, 256; the fatal, in case of Assur-Dan III, 307-309 E'DOM. Worship of Hadad extended from Carchemish to, 189 E-GIG-UN-NÛ. 'House of the Tomb'; the temple-tower of Nippur, 362 EGYPT. Semitic immigrants in, 15; conquered by Semiramis, 26; Esar-haddon wars with, 31; Nebuchadrezzar invades, 37; cult of Ishtar in, 124; Semitic religion in, 331; excavations in, 339 E-KUR. The temple of, 248, 253; temples of E-Sagila and, 249 E'LAM-ITES.

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