Rights for this book: Public domain in the USA. This edition is published by Project Gutenberg. Originally issued by Project Gutenberg on 2005-09-05. To support the work of Project Gutenberg, visit their Donation Page. This free ebook has been produced by GITenberg, a program of the Free Ebook Foundation. If you have corrections or improvements to make to this ebook, or you want to use the source files for this ebook, visit the book's github repository. You can support the work of the Free Ebook Foundation at their Contributors Page. Project Gutenberg's Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, by Donald A. Mackenzie This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Author: Donald A. Mackenzie Release Date: September 5, 2005 [EBook #16653] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA *** Produced by Sami Sieranoja, Tapio Riikonen and PG Distributed Proofreaders MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA Donald A. Mackenzie Table of Contents Preface Introduction IThe Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia IIThe Land of Rivers and the God of the Deep IIIRival Pantheons and Representative Deities IVDemons, Fairies, and Ghosts VMyths of Tammuz and Ishtar VIWars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad VIICreation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer VIIIDeified Heroes: Etana and Gilgamesh IXDeluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and Hades XBuildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon XIThe Golden Age of Babylonia XIIRise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians XIIIAstrology and Astronomy XIVAshur the National God of Assyria XVConflicts for Trade and Supremacy XVIRace Movements that Shattered Empires