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Page 134
... spirits of their ancestors are embodied in certain harmless snakes which ... spirit of E - sara , " whose name signified " the treading of corn " ( v . 17. 31 , 32 ) , and who is called " the overseer " or " assembler of the gods of heaven ...
... spirits of their ancestors are embodied in certain harmless snakes which ... spirit of E - sara , " whose name signified " the treading of corn " ( v . 17. 31 , 32 ) , and who is called " the overseer " or " assembler of the gods of heaven ...
Page 187
... spirit , and had become a dingir or " creator . " 1 Of this pre - Semitic period in the worship of Ana we know but ... heaven , " the supreme Baal , viewed no longer as the Sun - god , but as the whole expanse of heaven which is ...
... spirit , and had become a dingir or " creator . " 1 Of this pre - Semitic period in the worship of Ana we know but ... heaven , " the supreme Baal , viewed no longer as the Sun - god , but as the whole expanse of heaven which is ...
Page 190
... heaven , and which an Assyrian poet calls " the land of the silver sky . " It was to this spiri- tualised heaven that the spirit of Ea - bani , the friend of Gisdhubar , ascended , and from which he gazed placidly on the turmoil of the ...
... heaven , and which an Assyrian poet calls " the land of the silver sky . " It was to this spiri- tualised heaven that the spirit of Ea - bani , the friend of Gisdhubar , ascended , and from which he gazed placidly on the turmoil of the ...
Page 216
... heaven and earth ; " and though we may doubt whether the Assyrian king was ... spirit of Ê - Sagil was known as was known as " What does my lord drink ... heaven , " and the earth 1 W. A. I. ii . 56. 16 , 17 . 2 W. A. I. ii . 56. 18 , 19 ...
... heaven and earth ; " and though we may doubt whether the Assyrian king was ... spirit of Ê - Sagil was known as was known as " What does my lord drink ... heaven , " and the earth 1 W. A. I. ii . 56. 16 , 17 . 2 W. A. I. ii . 56. 18 , 19 ...
Page 248
... heaven . 77. Moreover Istar went before Anu ( her father ) , 78. before Anu she went and she ( says ) : 79. ' O my ... Spirit , " has solar connections , is indicated not only by the fact that his consort Tillili is the sister of Tammuz ...
... heaven . 77. Moreover Istar went before Anu ( her father ) , 78. before Anu she went and she ( says ) : 79. ' O my ... Spirit , " has solar connections , is indicated not only by the fact that his consort Tillili is the sister of Tammuz ...
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Accad Accadian Accadian text Adar address thee Allat ancient Anúnas Anunit Assur-bani-pal Assyrian Baal Babylon Babylonian Bêrôssos Borsippa Chaldæa character cloth conjure Crown 8vo cult cuneiform curse deep deities deluge demon dialect divine Erech Eridu Euphrates evil exalted fact father Fire-god Gisdhubar goddess gods Greek Hades heaven and earth Hebrew hero hymns identified ideographs incantation inscriptions Istar king lady land language legend lonian lord magical texts mankind Merodach mighty mistress Moon-god mother mountain mouth Mul-lil Nabonidos Naram-Sin Nebo Nergal Nineveh Nipur older original Phoenician prayer pre-Semitic priest primitive pure religion religious Rimmon sacred Samas Sargon scribes Semitic version seven shrine side Sippara spell spirit of earth spirit of heaven star Sumer Sumerian Sun-god supreme tablet Tammuz Tel-loh temple thou thy heart Tiamat translation W. A. I. ii wife wind word worship
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Page 54 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, ° before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Page 299 - The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire: the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Page 256 - Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
Page 365 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 395 - And there was war in heaven, Michael and his " angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon " fought and his angels, and prevailed not, neither " was their place found any more in heaven.
Page 188 - And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Page 409 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.