An edition of The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon
(1921)
The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon
as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh; with twenty-six illustrations
by British Museum. Department of Egyptian a...
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The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon: as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh; with twenty-six illustrations
1931, [Harrison & Sons, Ltd.]
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The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon: as told by Assyrian tablets from Nineveh
1921, Harrison & sons, ltd.
in English
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Discovery of the tablets
Publication of the creation tablets
The object of the Babylonian legend of the creation
Date of composition
Variant forms of the Babylonian legend of the creation
The "bilingual" version of the creation legend
The legend of the creation according to Berosus and Damascius
The seven tablets of creation. Description of their contents
The primeval gods
Light and darkness
Helpers of Tiamat
The failure of Anu
Marduk slaughters Tiamat
The Sun-God tablet
The symbols of the gods
The creation of man
Pre-eminence of Marduk
The dragon
Recitals of the creation epic
The generations of the gods
The end of Apsu
Childhood of Marduk
Tiamat's champion
The eleven with Tiamat
The assembly of the gods
The summons to the gods
Gaga's message
The address to Marduk
Marduk's mission
The battle scene
The bull of heaven
The end of Tiamat
The new order
The creation of man
Hymn of praise
The fifty names
Epilogue
List of the names of stars, with a list showing the month that was associated with each star in the Persian period.
Edition Notes
Cover title.
"This brochure, of which the 1st edition by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge ... was issued in June, 1921, has been revised, and new texts used in the translation."--Prefatory note (signed: Sidney Smith).
Includes bibliographical references (1 leaf at end).
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