Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria

Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher:
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1920
Genre: Assyro-Babylonian religion
ISBN:

A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Author: Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher: Masterlab
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 837991161X

This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic

Myths of Babylon

Myths of Babylon
Author: J.K. Jackson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1787556298

Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Myths from Mesopotamia

Myths from Mesopotamia
Author: Stephanie Dalley
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2000
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0199538360

The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
Author: E. A. Wallis Sir Budge
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The Babylonian Legends of the Creation" presents the texts of the first Babylonian clay tablets presented to the scientific world in 1848. Many of the stories reflected the mythical history of creation. The authors of this book were among the pioneers of archaeology, who made the earliest attempts to see and analyze these artifacts. The presented here book covers the history of discoveries of the tablets, their contents, and comments regarding Babylonian mythology.

Greek Myths and Mesopotamia

Greek Myths and Mesopotamia
Author: Charles Penglase
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2003-10-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134729308

Examines the Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period, concentrating in particular on journey myths. A major contribution to the understanding of the colourful myths involved.