Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated DictionaryBritish Museum Press, 1992 - 192 páginas Ancient Mesopotamia was a highly complex culture whose achievements included the invention of writing. This illustrated text offers a reference guide to Mesopotamian religion, mythology and magic between about 3000 BC and the advent of the Christian era. Gods, goddesses, demons, monsters, magic, myths, religious symbolism, rituals and the spiritual world are all discussed in alphabetical entries ranging from short accounts to extended essays. |
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Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary Jeremy Black,Anthony Green No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1992 |
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abzu Adad Akkadian Akkadian Period ancient Mesopotamia animal Anzû Apsû associated Aššur Assurnasirpal Assurnasirpal II Assyrian king Babylon Babylonian Epic bird bull-man century BC clay creatures cult statue cylinder seal deities demons and monsters depicted Dilmun divine dreams Dumuzi Early Dynastic Period Enki Enkidu Enlil Epic of Creation Epic of Gilgameš Ereškigal Eridu figure figurines horned cap human Huwawa Imdugud Inana incantations Iškur Ištar Ištar Inana Kalhu modern Nimrud Kassite known kudurrus Lagaš Lahmu Lamaštu later lion magic and sorcery magically protective Marduk Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian millennium BC mother goddesses motif myth Nabû Nanna Nanna-Suen Neo-Assyrian Period Neo-Babylonian Nergal Ningirsu Ningišzida Ninhursağa Ninlil Ninurta Nusku Old Babylonian Period palace probably reigned ritual sacrifice Šamaš Šamaš Utu shrine Sîn Slain Heroes snake snake-dragon sometimes stone stylised tree Sumer Sumerian Sumerian poem symbol tablet temple Third Dynasty Tiamat tradition underworld Uruk Period winged disc worshipped ziggurat Ziusura