| |
| |
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Theophilus G. Pinches - Section 4 of 7 - Book Club/Religion - ArcaMax Publishing |
 | | Being, like Ea, a god of the earth, he is regarded as having formed a trinity with Anu, the god of heaven, and Ea, the god of the deep, and prayer to these three was as good as invoking all the gods of the universe. |
 | | He was the great messenger of the gods, and is variously given as "the offspring of the abyss, the creation of Ea," and "the likeness of his father, the first-born of Bel." As Gibil, the fire-god, has likewise the same diverse parentage, it is regarded as likely that these two gods were identical. |
 | | This god was duly sent, but was not at all inclined to be submissive, for instead of killing him, as she had threatened, Eres- ki-gal found herself seized by the hair and dragged from her throne, whilst the death-dealing god made ready to cut off her head. |
| www.arcamax.com /religion/b-1432-4 (4016 words) |
|