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Confounded by Zoroaster, 333 MAGICAL TEXTS

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 108
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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MAAT. Reference to, 222 MAGI. Confounded by Zoroaster, 333 MAGICAL TEXTS. Dawkina alluded to in the, 197; Anu mentioned in, 198; of Babylonia and Assyria, 257, 288; alluded to in Bible, 266, 267; circle, the, 275, 276 MAGICIAN-S. The word of power and, 263; Ea, the great, of the gods, 268 MAHOMET-AN. 'Baphomet' a corruption of, 293; conquest, 333 MAI-MON'I-DES. Jewish rabbi, friend of Averroes; his commentary on the _Mischnah_, 232 'MAK'LU.' A series of texts known as, 261 _Mam'it_. Equivalent for taboo, 278 MAM-MET'UM. The maker of destiny, 173 MAN-KIND. Creation of, by Merodach, 80, 81; goddess Aruru assists in the creation of, 82, 86; humanizing of, 112, 113 MARAZION. Signifies in Semitic, 'Hill by the Sea,' 331 MAR-CHESH-UAN. Merodach's month, 251 MAR'DUK. _See_ Merodach, 175, 200 MARRIAGE. Customs in Babylonia, 312 MARS. Identified with Nergal, 235 MAS'HU. The Mountain of Sunset, 171 MAZ'DA. One of the spiritual powers in Zoroaster's religion, 337 MEC'CA. Reference to the celebrated Kaaba (temple) at, 52 MEDE. Zoroaster a, 333 ME'DI-A. Subdued by Ninus, 25 MEDICINE. Ea, a god of, 192 MEG-ID'DO. The Canaanitish fortress of, 189 ME-LI'LI 1. Queen; wife of Benani, 82; 2. Mother of the monsters, 295, 296 MEL'I-SHIP'OK II.

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