Myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria (1916) (14801972493)

Identifier: mythslegendsofba00spenuoft (find matches)
Title: Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955
Subjects: Assyro-Babylonian religion Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian Legends Cults
Publisher: London : Harrap
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Some authorities appear to think it strange thatBel should have existed at all as a deity after theelevation of Merodach to the highest rank in thepantheon. It was his association with Anu and Eaas one of a triad presiding over the heavens, theearth, and the deep which kept him in power. More-over, the very fact that he was a member of such atriad proves that he was regarded as theologicallyessential to the well-being of the Babylonian religionas a whole. The manufacture or slow evolution ofa trinity of this description Is by no means broughtabout through popular processes. It is. Indeed, thework of a school, of a college of priests. Strangelyenough Khammurabi seems to have associated Anuand Bel together, but to have entirely omitted Eafrom their companionship, and It has been thoughtthat the conception of a trinity was subsequent tohis epoch. The god of earth and the god of heaventypify respectively that which Is above and thatwhich Is below, and are reminiscent of the Father-sky196
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