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The purpose of this book is to provide not only a popular account of the religion and mythology of
ancient Babylonia and Assyria, but to extract and present to the reader the treasures of romance
latent in the subject, the peculiar richness of which has been recognized since the early days of
archæological effort in Chaldea. Unfortunately, with few exceptions, writers who have made the
field a special study have rarely been able to triumph over the limitations which so often obtrude in
works of scholarship and research. It is true that the pages of Rawlinson, Smith, Layard, and
Sayce are enlivened at intervals with pictures of Assyrian splendour and Babylonian
glory—gleams which escape as the curtains which veil the wondrous past are partially lifted—but
such glimpses are only interludes in lengthy disquisitions which too often must be tedious for the
general reader.It was such a consideration which prompted the preparation of this volume. Might
not a book be written which should contain the pure gold of Babylonian romance freed from the
darker ore of antiquarian research? So far, so good. But gold in the pure state is notoriously
unserviceable, and an alloy which renders it of greater utility may detract nothing from its brilliance.
Romance or no romance, in these days it will not do to furnish stories of the gods without
attempting some definition of their nature and origin. For more than ever before romance and
knowledge are a necessary blend in the making of a satisfactory book on mythology.Nevertheless,
it is anticipated that it will be to the modern reader who loves the romance of antiquity that this
book will especially appeal. It is claimed that the greater part of Chaldean romance clusters around
the wonderful mythology and religion of that land; it is therefore of these departments of Chaldean
lore that this volume chiefly treats. But the history of Babylonia and Assyria has not been
neglected. The great names in its records will be found to recur constantly in these pages, in most
instances accompanied by a tale or legend which will illuminate the circumstances of their careers
and serve to retain these in the mind of the reader. Nor has the Biblical connexion with Chaldea
been forgotten; the reader will find as he proceeds frequent references to the pages of the most
picturesque Book in the world.CONTENTSBABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA IN HISTORY AND
LEGENDBABYLONIAN COSMOGONYEARLY BABYLONIAN RELIGIONTHE GILGAMESH
EPICTHE LATER PANTHEON OF BABYLONIATHE GREAT GOD MERODACH AND HIS
CULTTHE PANTHEON OF ASSYRIABABYLONIAN STAR-WORSHIPTHE PRIESTHOOD, CULT,
AND TEMPLESTHE MAGIC AND DEMONOLOGY OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIATHE
MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS AND ANIMALS OF CHALDEATALES OF THE BABYLONIAN
AND ASSYRIAN KINGSTHE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF THE BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN
RELIGIONSMODERN EXCAVATION IN BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIATHE TWILIGHT OF THE
GODSILLUSTRATIONSSacrificing to Bel (Evelyn Paul)Assault on a CityBasalt Stele engraved
with the Text of Khammurabi's Code of LawsSennacherib receiving TributeThe Death of
Sardanapalus (L. Chalon)The Library of King Assur-bani-pal at Nineveh (Fernand L.
Quesne)Daniel interprets the Dream of Nebuchadrezzar (Evelyn Paul)Grant of Privileges to Ritti-
Marduk by Nebuchadrezzar IBirs Nimrûd, the Tower of BabelThe Murder of Setapo (Evelyn
Paul)The Seven Tablets of Creation"Mighty was he to look upon" (Evelyn Paul)Conflict between
Merodach and TiawathTypes of En-lil, the Chief God of Nippur, and of his Consort Nin-lilIshtar, as
(1) Mother-goddess, (2) Goddess of War, (3) Goddess of LoveThe Mother-goddess Ishtar (Evelyn
Paul)Assyrian Rock SculptureAssyrian Type of GilgameshUt-Napishtim makes Offering to the
Gods (Allan Stewart)NeboHall in Assyrian Palace (Sir Henry Layard)Tiglath-Pileser I directed by
Ninib (Evelyn Paul)Assur-nazir-pal attended by a Winged Mythological BeingZikkurats of the Anu-
Adad at AshurStage-tower at SamarraE