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Zusammenfassung von Mythen Babyloniens und Assyriens
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For readers who love ancient myth, early religion and the roots of the Bible, and anyone drawn to tales of Gilgamesh, gods and kings.
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Imagine a land where the first cities rose from river mud, and where gods were thought to quarrel, love, and rule through kings. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, written by Scottish folklorist Donald A. Mackenzie and published in 1915, tells those stories in plain prose. It retells how Marduk fought the sea monster Tiamat, how Ishtar went down to the land of the dead, and how Gilgamesh searched for a way past death. It also sets the tales inside the history of the peoples who told them.
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- 1Two rivers shaped a civilization of citiesFree
- 2Clay tablets let the dead speak again
- 3Every city kept its own gods
- 4Marduk wins the world from Tiamat
- 5Ea, the water god, teaches humankind wisdom
- 6Ishtar and Tammuz carry love into the underworld
- 7Gilgamesh seeks a way past death
- 8Kings rule as the servants of the gods
- 9Mackenzie's theories and what has lasted
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Two rivers shaped a civilization of cities
Mesopotamian life centers on the Tigris and Euphrates. The Tigris and Euphrates crossed a plain with little stone and little rain, so farming depended on canals. Canals needed organized people, and that need, Mackenzie suggests, helped create the first cities, priests and kings.
Sumerians, who used cuneiform writing, mixed with Semitic peoples who took over their writing and blended their beliefs.
The myths were the way people of the plain explained their world, their cities and their kings. Mackenzie wants you to hear them as the answers of farmers who lived at the mercy of rivers.
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What is Myths of Babylonia and Assyria about?
It retells the myths of ancient Mesopotamia, including the creation story of Marduk and Tiamat, Ishtar's descent to the underworld and the tale of Gilgamesh, and it outlines the history of the Babylonians and Assyrians who told them.
Who are the main gods of Babylon and Assyria?
Key gods include Anu of the sky, Enlil of storm, Ea of the waters and wisdom, Sin the moon, Shamash the sun, Ishtar of love and war, Marduk of Babylon and Ashur of Assyria.
What is the Enuma Elish?
It tells how Marduk defeats the sea goddess Tiamat and shapes the world from her body, and sets the tale inside the history of the peoples who told it.
When was Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written, and is it up to date?
Mackenzie published it in 1915. It gives a readable overview, but later discoveries and research have corrected many of its details and theories, so it is best read as an introduction.
Is Myths of Babylonia and Assyria hard to read?
No. The prose is clear and the stories are told in order. The book introduces the many unfamiliar names of gods and cities gradually.