SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIAL TO 777
THE CHART that follows is based on research presently available to the
Editor with regard to Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian religions. Entries in parentheses
refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the Elder Gods, the Race of
MARDUK; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the Fall of MARDUK from
Heaven. (Names of zodiacal constellations are after Budge's renderings.)
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Table VII [A.C.] |
Table XXV [S.] |
| 1 |
. . . . |
ANU (TIAMAT) |
| 2 |
Sphere of the Primum Mobile |
ENLIL (ABSU) |
| 3 |
Sphere of the Zodiac or Fixed Stars |
ENKI; LUMASHI (IGIGI) |
| 4 |
Sphere of Saturn |
ADAR |
| 5 |
Sphere of Jupiter |
MARDUK |
| 6 |
Sphere of Mars |
NERGAL |
| 7 |
Sphere of the Sun |
UTU |
| 8 |
Sphere of Venus |
INANNA |
| 9 |
Sphere of Mercury |
NEBO |
| 10 |
Sphere of the Moon |
NANNA |
| 11 |
Sphere of the Elements |
KIA |
| 12 |
Air |
ANNA |
| 13 |
Mercury |
GUDUD |
| 14 |
Moon |
SIN |
| 15 |
Venus |
DLIBAT |
| 16 |
Aries |
AGRU (XUBUR) |
| 17 |
Taurus |
KAKKAB U ALAP SHAME (KINGU) |
| 18 |
Gemini |
RE'U KINU SHAME U TU'AME RABUTI (VIPER) |
| 19 |
Cancer |
SHITTU (SNAKE) |
| 20 |
Leo |
KALBU RABU (LAKHAMU) |
| 21 |
Virgo |
SHIRU (WHIRLWIND) |
| 22 |
Jupiter |
UMUNPADDU |
| 23 |
Libra |
ZIBANITUM (Ravening Dog) |
| 24 |
Water |
BADUR |
| 25 |
Scorpio |
AKRABU (SCORPION-MAN) |
| 26 |
Sagittarius |
PA-BIL-SAG (HURRICANE) |
| 27 |
Capricorn |
SUXUR MASH (FISH-MAN) |
| 28 |
Mars |
MASTABARRU |
| 29 |
Aquarius |
GULA (HORNED BEAST) |
| 30 |
Pisces |
DILGAN U RIKIS NUNI (WEAPON) |
| 31 |
Sun |
SHAMASH |
| 32 |
Fire |
AG |
| 33 |
Saturn |
KAIMANU |
| 34 |
Earth |
KIA |
| 35 |
Spirit |
ZI |
  
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