of Destiny,193-195;cuneiform, dealing with magic,261,262;Surpu and Maklu, series of,262;the deluge, discovered by Smith,347,351,352;discovered by Rassam,354;of Nabopolasser, Nebuchadrezzar, Nabonidus, Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius,358TAB'OO. Prayers, etc., against,262;belief in, in Chaldea,278;known in Babylonia asmamit,278TAM'MUZ. One of the guardians of the gates of heaven,118;Ishtar's search for,126;myth of,126-129;name derived from Dumu-zi,126;Professor Sayce and,126;addressed as 'shepherd and lord' in Akkadian hymn,126;Ishtar, consort of,127;Adonis myth related to that of,131;Sir James Frazer'sGolden Boughand,134;lamentations for,135,136,140;a god of vegetation,137,138;Nin-Girsu (Shulgur) identified with,144;the bridegroom of Ishtar's youth,167;Dido and,190;Ninib and,216TAM'MUZ-A-DO'NIS. Worshipped in Carthage,330TAM'TU. Assyrian term signifying 'the deep sea,'72TA'NIT. Goddess of the heavens and the moon;compared with Demeter,330;inscriptions to,330;identified with Dido,331TA'NITH. Goddess, honoured at Carthage,328TASH'MIT. Nebo's consort,102,185,186;patron of writing,185TAU'RUS, SIGN OF. Represented by the slaying of the celestial bull, Alu,182TELL AM'RAN. Mound of,374TEL-LÔ. Ernest de Sarzec's researches at,355,356TEMPLE-S. Of Bel,101-105,227;of Nebo and Tashmit,102;of Ea and Nusku,102;of Bel and Anu,102;of Belus, reference to,103;of Ea,111;of Belus, reference to,114;of Dagon, at Ashdod and Gaza,151;of Merodach, at Babylon,185,374;of Asshur,207;of Sin, at Calah,223;priesthood, cult and,239-241;of Babylonia and Assyria,242-251;oldest, in Babylonia, was E-Kur,248;as banks,250;begun by Esar-haddon,305;Saggal, of Merodach,305;Sidda,306;of Ashtart or Ishtar, at Sidon and Askelon,327;to Apollo,330;Zoroastrian,335;of Nebo,348;of Babylon,373-375TE'RAH. Father of Abraham,51,52TESTAMENT, OLD. Nergal mentioned in,105;Dagon in,151,152;David of the,190;poetical form of,322TEUTONIC. Celtic religion and, compared,316,317TEXTS, CUNEIFORM.SeeCuneiformTEXTS, MAGICAL. Dawkina alluded to in,197;Anu mentioned in,197,198;a series known as 'Maklu,'261,262TEZ-CAT-LI-PO'CA. Reference to,222THAL-ATH. Chaldaic equivalent for Omorca,114THEIAS, KING. Reference to,132T'homor 'DEEP.' Tiawath a parallel to the Old Testament expression,72THOMES. French exploration expedition and,347THOTH. Reference to,185,222,224,228THUNDER-BIRD. North-American Indian conception,193THUNDER-GOD. Hadada,188,189TI'A-MAT. Variant of Tiawath,71TI'AWATH. Variant, Tiamat,71;a parallel to Old Testament expressionT'hom(or 'deep'),72,73;her ill-will toward the gods of heaven,76-78;her death by Merodach,78,199;the 'fish' of Jonah and,87;chaos,193;slaughter of, enacted,201;the host of,232;not the only Babylonian monster,289TIG'LATH-PIL-E'SER I. Alternative, Tukulit-pal-E-saria, King of Assyria,23;god Bel (En-lil) and,95;Ishtar and,212;Ninib and,214,216;Shamash and,222;Merodach and,227;Rawlinson discovers annals of,346TIG'LATH-PIL-E'SER II. Tales of,299-301TIG'LATH-PIL-E'SER III. Second Assyrian Empire commenced with,29;conquers Babylon and is invested with the sovereignty of 'Asia,'36TIGRIS. The river,206,342TOL'TECS. Reference to Aztecs, and,226,227TONGUES. Babylonian towers and legend of confusion of,47;legend of confusion of, found in Central America,48;among African tribes some such myth found,49;certain Australian and Mongolian peoples possess a similar tradition,49TOOTHACHE MYTH, A,262TOTEMISM. Signs of, in Babylonian religion,92TOWER OF BABEL. Legend of confusion of tongues and,47.SeeBabelTREE-S. Adonis and myrrh-,137;Osiris and tamarisk-,137;Attis and pine-,137,138;Tammuz and cedar,138TRIAD.SeeTrinityTRIBAL DIVINITIES. The most outstanding,94TRINITY, A. Tiawath, Apsu, and Mummu,74;Bel, Ea, and Anu,97,111,191,196-198;En-lil, Ea, and Anu,121;of earth, air, and sea,197;Ramman, Sin, and Shamash,219;Ea, Anu, and Enlil evolved from demons,268TSAI'DU. The hunter; Gilgamesh, Eabani, and,163-166TSA'PHON. Carthaginian deity,330TUK-UL'TI-IN-AR-IS'TI. Son of Shalmaneser I; takes Babylonand slays its king, Bitilyasu,22TUK-UL'TI-NIN'IP. Son of Shalmaneser I; inscriptions of,351TYRE. Sidon and, in touch with Assyria,327UU-BA'RA-TU-TU. Shurippak son of,173UB'SHU-KEN'NA(or Upshukkina-ku). The 'brilliant chamber' where the sun takes his rise,252,253UK'HUT. Eabani and,129,163;one of the sacred women of the temple of Ishtar,163UKK'U-MU(Seizer). Attendant hound of Merodach,202UNDERWORLD, THE,125,128-132,136;Eabani descends into,160;description of, in VIIth of Gilgamesh tablets,169UR. City from whence Abram came, a near neighbour of Eridu, colonized by Nippur,15;fall of the dynasty,20;Nannar, the moon-god, of,145-149;the moon-city,249,251U'ra. The legend of,268-270UR-A-GAL,175UR'BAU. Bau alluded to in inscriptions of,144;Zikkurat built by, at Nippur,248UR'GA. A town in Mesopotamia; equivalents, Caramit and Diarbekr,52UR-GUR. King of Assyria,359,366UR-NIN'IB. Reference to pavement of,366U'RU. Canaanitish god of light; name found in Uru-Salim,325URU-AZ-AG'GA. Bau's temple at,145UR'UK. Place,84URU-KAG-I'NA. Bau alluded to in inscriptions of,144UT-NAP-ISH'TIM. Variant of Noah,116,160;hero of Babylonian deluge myth, figures in Gilgamesh epic,155,158,160;Gilgamesh's ancestor,170-173;Gilgamesh seeks secret of perpetual life from,173-178;the deluge myth and,173-178UT-UKKU. Ghost of Eabani designated,181;an evil spirit,276UZ. God; worshipped under form of a goat,93,292UZZ'I-EL, JONATHAN, BEN. The targum of,267VVAMPIRES. Babylonian,264-266VAN. Lake,331VASH'TI. Reference to,142;Frazer on,143VED'IC GODS. Reference to,77VEGETATION. En-lil (Bel), a god of,96;Ishtar, 'great mother' of,123,137,138,168;seven gates of Aralu and the decay of,137;Tammuz, a god of,137,138,140;Adonis and Aphrodite connected with,139;Ceres, a corn-mother,139;Proserpine, same nature,139;Osiris introduced corn into Egypt,139;Mordecai as god of,144;Humman an Elamite god of,144VE'NUS. Star;Abram and,55;temple of,58;Ishtar and,124,235VIR'GO, SIGN OF. Ishtar and the,182WWAR. Ishtar, goddess of,127,213,214;-god, Ninib a,214;-god, Ramman a,221WAR-KÂ. Work of Loftus at,346,347WATER. Purification by,270WATERS OF DEATH. Gilgamesh crosses,158,159WESTERGAARD. Median language and,65WIND, SOUTH. Adapa and the, story of,116-121;variant, Shutu,117WINDOWS. None in Nebuchadrezzar's palace at Babylon,369WITCH. Known asKassaptu,261;-finding,272-275;-orgies in France,293WIZARDS. Priestly,260-262;known asKassapu,261WORD OF POWER, THE. The magicians of Chaldea and,263WORSHIP. Of gods by gods,77;of gods under animal forms,92,93;of Bel,98-101;of Shamash,109;of Aa,110;of Ishtar,124;of Dagon,151;of Merodach,184,185;of Nebo,184,185;of Hadad, in Syria,188;of the Sun-god in Canaan and Phœnicia,190;of Dodo or Dod, by the side of Yahveh,190;of Ramman,219,220;of Aztecs and Toltecs,226,227;of stars, Babylonian,231-238;lunar,236;moon-,249;Semitic, and lamentations,253;of the gazelle and goat,292-294;of great earth-mother,318,319;of ancestors; Canaanites,326;of Moloch,328;Carthaginian,329-332;Zoroastrian,332-336;of fire,335, etc.WRITING, CUNEIFORM. Restoration of,60-67;Josaphat Barbara and,61;Pietro della Valle and,61;Sir John Chardin and,61;Niebuhr and,61;Tychsen and,61;Münter and,61;Georg Grotefend, and,62;Professor Lassen and,63;Burnouf and,63;Major Henry Rawlinson and,64-66;Westergaard and,65;Morris and,65;Löwenstern and,65;Hinks and,65;Longpérier and,66;origin of,66,67;on obelisk of Shalmaneser II,343WRITING-S. Religions, of Babylonia,67;of Oannes,113-116;Nebo credited, like Ea, with the invention of,185;Tashmit patron of,185;stars, the, of heaven,231;Zarathustrian sacred,334XXER'XES, KING. Reference to,141;Esther, the crown-name of Jewish wife of,143YYAH'WEH. The Hebrew name of God,49;worship of, by the side of Dodo, by the Israelites,190YAR'AN. Sargon and,210,211YEAR, NEW.SeeNewZZAB. The river,207ZAG-MU'KU(Zak-muk). Festival of Sacæa or,141;goddess Bau and,251ZAK-MUK.SeeZag-muku.ZA'MAMA. Court of Ishtar and,101ZA-RA-THUS'TRA.SeeZoroasterZAR-PA-NI'TUM. Goddess, wife of Merodach,186,202;Ealur amalgamated with,186ZECH-A-RI'AH. Allusion of, to Hadad-Rimmon,189ZED-EK-I'AH. King of Jerusalem; Nebuchadrezzar and,37ZEUS. Reference to,132,315ZIG-A-RUN. Variant of Apsu,72ZIK-KU-RAT-S. Staged towers;described,242,246;of Assur-bani-pal,365ZI'RAT-BA'NIT. The seat of,306ZIS-U'THROS, KING. Berossus substitutes, for Ut-Napishtim,177,178ZO'DIAC. Signs of the, in the Babylonian astrological system,183,231,232;the goat, one of the signs of the,292ZOG-A'NES. The, of the Sacæa,142ZOR-O-AS'TER. The religion of,332;earliest form of name Zarathustra,333;a Mede,333;good and evil principles of religion of,334ZU. The storm-god;retained a bird-like form,93,193-195;legend of,193-195ZU-BIRD. The bird roc, inArabian Nights, a possible descendant of,193