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	Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
		In Finnish mythology, Akka was the consort of Ukko.
		In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
		In Finnish mythology, Tuonetar was the consort of Tuoni.
	webpages.charter.net /sn9/religion/myth/otherencyclopaedia.html (10254 words)

	Semitic Mythology
		Semitic mythology arose among several cultures that flourished in the ancient Near East, a region that extended from Mesopotamia* in modern Iraq to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
		To the ancient Mesopotamians, light and darkness, life and death, were two halves of a whole.
		Mesopotamian artists never portrayed Ereshkigal directly, but they did create images of the monsters and demons that Ereshkigal sent to trouble the living.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Sa-Sp/Semitic-Mythology.html (2534 words)

	Mythology: the sacred lore » Blog Archive » The Temporal and the Eternal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the untimely death of Enkidu, the hero’s companion and counterpart, Gilgamesh embarks on a journey to find Uta-Napishti, the Mesopotamian Noah, and his wife, the only human beings to be granted immortality after the Universal Flood.
		Dressed in lion skins (the garb of the solar hero), Gilgamesh successfully passes the Scorpion Men (the guardians of the solar gateway), and the crone Shiduri, and eventually reaches the Ocean of Death, that no one apart from the sun god Shamash/Utu (Sumerian), can cross.
		Mythology: the sacred lore » Blog Archive » The Non-Rending of the Veil
	mythology.ourgardenpath.com /2006/11/14/the-temporal-and-the-eternal (2171 words)

	Lecture 3: Ancient Mesopotamia
		The thunderstorm that dominated the low Mesopotamian plain was a warrior; lightning was his spear and thunder the sound of his chariot.
		The earliest Mesopotamian deities seem to be personified aspects of nature: for example, Anu ("Heaven") or Hursag ("Foothills").
		Mesopotamian culture viewed the universe as a state -- a cosmic version of their own city-states, a state complete with with its own assembly and primitive democracy, productive managers, and military leaders for times of crisis.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rels/2/lectures/lecture3.html (1377 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In modern usage, "mythology" is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, New Age beliefs, certain aspects of religion and so forth.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/mythology (2842 words)

	Article from PHILOSOPHY PATHWAYS Issue 81 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		These so-called common elements discovered in various mythologies are structural milestones that speak of a universal anthropological reality critically affirmed and put forward in the scholarly works of the proponents of the philosophico-anthropological school of thought called Structuralism or the Structuralist Theory in the academic orbit.
		Dumuzi-abzu[8] is a Sumerian god of the marshes in the earliest Mesopotamian mythology.
		The myth and cult of Dumuzi in the Mesopotamian religion reveals the typical weaknesses of humanity in its encounter with the appearance of holiness in the forms of nature.
	www.philosophos.com /philosophy_article_75.html (4289 words)

	Mesopotamian Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com
		Mesopotamian mythology is essentially the combination of Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian and Sumerian religions.
		Mesopotamian mythology was also influenced by other surrounding cultures, including the Hittites and the Phoenicians.
		Given this diverse background, some areas of Mesopotamian myth are inconsistent, as some groups and tribes held to some of their original beliefs, while incorporating some of others.
	www.ancient-mythology.com /mesopotamian (171 words)

	Modern Retellings - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com
		The treasures of Mesopotamian mythology, wisdom and zest for life are yet to be fully explored.
		The foundation for this world view may very well be in the fact that the first settlers of the Southern Mesopotamian region built their settlements by the river banks, taking advantage of the rich farmland nearby to grow crops to feed their communities.
		The remarkable aspect of this type of Mesopotamian literature is that the woman’s voice dominates the poetic discourse.
	www.gatewaystobabylon.com /myths/texts/retellings/modretel.htm (1485 words)

	Mythology
		And, although each city retained its personal deity, to whom homage was paid in the pyramidal ziggurats (which symbolized the cosmic mountain— the body of the Goddess) that dominated it, seven deities gradually attained positions of supremacy throughout the whole of Sumeria.
		According to the Sumerian mythology, the cosmos was created from the primeval waters—that is, from the body of the Goddess Nammu.
		An important new addition to the Mesopotamian divine family was the supreme god Marduk, the Babylonian national deity, whose ascendancy is related in the Enuma Elish.
	www.gulftimes.com /articles/Mythology.html (828 words)

	Plants in Mythology
		The magical plant or herb of immortality sought by Gilgamesh, the hero of ancient Mesopotamian mythology, provides one example of how myths use plants as symbols of life and of the healing power of nature.
		In Norse* mythology, mistletoe was sacred to the beloved god Balder, but the evil god Loki used trickery to kill Balder with a stalk of mistletoe fashioned into a dart.
		An evergreen shrub, myrtle is associated with birth and rebirth in European mythology.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Pa-Pr/Plants-in-Mythology.html (1975 words)

	Religion in Mesopotamia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mesopotamian mythology was a series of repeated stories that explained the unexplainable and was the backbone of the religion.
		According to Mesopotamian mythology, human beings were created so the gods would have servants.
		The Mesopotamian view of immortality was a mere existence in some dingy underworld.
	members.aol.com /ksmith9526/SSSumerReligion.htm (913 words)

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		Mythology itself is in some ways very different from fantasy and in some ways surprisingly similar.
		The distinguishing characteristic of mythology is that it was at some time the basis for a religion (in this case the Greek religion), and generally concerns gods, the making of the world, and the doings of great heroes, most of whom come from whichever culture created the mythos.
		Around this same time the Mesopotamian mythology was flourishing, as were many mythologies in the Far East.
	library.thinkquest.org /C003239/data/history/beginningoffantasy.html (539 words)

	METALLIAN - Melechesh
		Emissaries is the perfect ambassador to Sumerian and Mesopotamian mythology, the shepherd of modern metal into new avenues and a fist in the face of apologists for weakness and despair.
		The Anunnaki, the ancient Mesopotamian deities, are the emissaries.
		The Sphynx, for example, was a Mesopotamian sphinx was depicted as being made of iron and bronze and was turned on.
	www.metallian.com /melechesh.php (3810 words)

	Indo-Iranian Mythology, Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus, Armenian Mythology
		The motif of birds dwelling near the summit is shared by Iranian and Indian accounts, as is the theme of the theft of the intoxicating plant haoma/soma from the mountain's summit by a magical bird (Syena/Garuda/Simurgh); and the slaying of a multi-headed, multi-eyed dragon nearby (98).
		The Greeks were familiar with the southeastern corner of the Black Sea and the area to the west of Lake Van; the Mesopotamians with the Diarbekir-Van-Urmia region and perhaps with the Ararat area to the north; the Indo-Iranians with the valley of the Arax river, and the areas around Urmia and south of the Caspian.
		The one-eyed cyclops of Greek mythology, and the demon Humbaba of Mesopotamian mythology may descend from the one-eyed T'ork, whose worship was known from areas to the west and southwest of Lake Van.
	rbedrosian.com /Imyth.htm (1745 words)

	Enki (Ea) - Ancient Near East.net
		Apart from this primary role as lord of the subterranean domain, Enki / Ea was closely associated with wisdom, with arts and crafts and with the practice of the magical arts.
		According to Mesopotamian mythology, Enki was the son of the god An/Anu and the twin brother of the god Iškur/Adad.
		His mother was identified as the primeval goddess Nammu, probably a personification of the Abzu itself, over which her son ruled as lord.
	www.ancientneareast.net /religion_mesopotamian/gods/enki_ea.html (967 words)

	Ancient Mesopotamian History, Culture, Literature, etc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ancient economy in mythology : East and West / edited by Morris Silver.
		Sumerian mythology; a study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium B.C. New York, Harper [1961].
		Mesopotamian poetic language : Sumerian and Akkadian / M.E. Vogelzang, H.L.J. Vanstiphout, editors.
	www.lib.washington.edu /NearEast/mesopotamia/h&cmesopot.html (3376 words)

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		Dagan (Akkadian/Babylonian) An agrarian deity, responsible for the invention of the plow, and Lord of the grain harvest.
		He has strong Underworld associations as well; the beloved of Inanna, He is taken by minions of Nergal to the depths when She visits the Final Land and then seeks to leave.
		They never held Mesopotamian territory to any significant degree, but were a major power in the region in their era.
	r4bid.net /_LoreWeaver/Arcana/Pan_Meso.html (3000 words)

	Mythology: the sacred lore » Blog Archive » Sedna
		Mythology: the sacred lore » Blog Archive » Sedna
		It is then up to the Shaman to make a dangerous journey to the realm of the dead, and placate Sedna’s angry spirit, combing her disheveled hair, and promising that the people will make amends for their transgressions.
		Mythology: the sacred lore by Mahud © 2006 Do not reproduce any of this site's content without express permission
	mythology.ourgardenpath.com /2006/11/13/sedna (490 words)

	The mythology of ancient Sumer presents a rather complex and intriguing quandary of poorly preserved stories/poems, ...
		The mythology of ancient Sumer presents a rather complex and intriguing quandary of poorly preserved stories/poems, hymns, and
		The mythology of ancient Sumer presents a complex and intriguing quandary of poorly preserved stories/poems, hymns, and architectural structures from which modern day scholars now try to re-envision the Sumerian cosmological beliefs system (I say re-envision because that is really what we’re doing here; trying to imagine a different perspective, as opposed to recreating one).
		Kinnier Wilson, J. The rebel lands: An investigation into the origins of early Mesopotamian mythology.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/lr618/1sum.html (447 words)

	Passion, lust and charm, or Enki and Ninhursag
		Enki and Ninhursag are two of the most passionate and interesting divine couples in Mesopotamian mythology and religion, and the protagonists of myths, which are true delight.
		He is also the god of Wisdom, the Magician and Master of all Crafts, the son of Anu, the Skyfather, and Nammu, the Waters of the Sea that give birth to everything there is and twin brother of Ereshkigal, the Great Goddess of the Underworld.
		Both gods are the most popular in the Mesopotamian pantheon, but are paradoxically very difficult for us to understand fully because Theirs is a Universe where the Divine and the Human co-exist, where lovemaking and magic are fundamental ingredients.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/gatestobabylon/enkininhur2.html (1115 words)

	Mesopotamian Mythology By Mourngrymn
		Not including the relative relation with mythology and other cultures and their views on other planets such as Mars, Jupiter, Venus and such.
		He put blood and bones together as and made early man to bear the work of the gods and became a firm lawgiver and judge who, when angered is not stoppable.
		Bel was adopted by the royalty of later Mesopotamia (Akkad and Babylon) as the king's god, and thus, was elevated to the position of greatest power in the pantheon; his powers grew accordingly, until he was said to have the powers of all the other gods (as befits the god of the king).
	www.strolen.com /content.php?node=2791 (1469 words)

	Mythology Sources
		Mythologies (2 volumes in hard cover, 4 or 5 in paperbound), Bonnefoy, Yves (compiler), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991.
		This handful of topically focused articles provides depth in some areas of a wide variety of ancient religions, but often lacks an overall picture as Bonnefoy's work was designed for an encyclopedic format and was reformatted for English translation.
		Powell's text is intended for an undergraduate level course on mythology, but should be easily approachable by interested high school students as well.
	www.myths.com /pub/myths/mythsources.html (1606 words)

	Image of mythology: Aztec, Assyro-Babylonian, China, Indian, Russian, German, Arthur myths and legends in drawings. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Image of mythology: Aztec, Assyro-Babylonian, China, Indian, Russian, German, Arthur myths and legends in drawings.
		Comprehension of sense of the European mythology and world mythologies can be, in opinion of the author, key to understanding of such significant modern questions, as, for example, a problem of law of occurrence social project and social myths or a phenomenon of an enhanced attention to an ancient mythological heritage in a modern society.
		Pictures queness and expressiveness of ancient mythologies, the heroic, romantic worlds with their century systems of values carry away young people simultaneously the authenticity and esoteric.
	www5.domaindlx.com /mythology (446 words)

	Assyro-Babylonian mythology 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		From the point of view of the study of Mesopotamian mythology, it is important to note that practically all descriptive-topical lines were created by Sumerians.
		The idea of the war of the generations of gods influenced in entire Near East and penetrated to the Greeks, for whom, as Indo-European people, in this form it was initially alien.
		There are in the Greek mythology we see numerous Sumer/Akkad features: the sad means of underground reign Aida also did not correspond to the cheerful idea of Indo-Europeans.
	www5.domaindlx.com /mythology/assyria1.htm (283 words)

	alt.mythology Sumerian Mythology FAQ, ver. 2.0
		Archive-name: mythology/sumer-faq Posting-Frequency: annually Last-modified: 2000/7/27 Version: 2.0 URL: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/sumer-faq.html Sumerian Mythology FAQ (Version 2.0) by Christopher Siren, 1992,1994-2000 cbsiren@cisunix.unh.edu http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren This FAQ is posted after major updates to alt.mythology.
		After his death, she visited him in the underworld with Inanna, and was allowed to take his place there for six months out of the year.
		This up-to-date and thorough resource on Mesopotamian mythology has great photos and illustrations by Tessa Rickards and very useful entries which often indicate the times and places when variant tales were current.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/mythology/sumer-faq (10828 words)

	Cultural Mythology By Mourngrymn
		I myself have added some of this very content myself but it was all based off my own ideas and not reality, or mythology.
		I am noticing that a lot of ancient cultures have deities that inter mingle or are worshiped by more than one group and culture and tehrefore may reduce the number of different cultures I plan on working with.
		I DO love mythology more than anyone will ever know, BUT I fail to see what your looking to accomplish with this.
	www.strolen.com /content.php?node=2746 (3410 words)

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