The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. Morris Jastrow

XVI.

       THE MAGICAL TEXTS.

       Demons.

       Sorcerers and Sorceresses.

       The Exorcisers.

       The Gods of the Incantation Texts.

       The Ritual and Formulas.

       Incantations and Prayers.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       THE PRAYERS AND HYMNS.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       PENITENTIAL PSALMS.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       ORACLES AND OMENS.

       Dreams.

       CHAPTER XX.

       VARIOUS CLASSES OF OMENS.

       Omens From Planets and Stars.

       Omen Calendars.

       Omens From Terrestrial Phenomena.

       Omens from the Actions of Animals.

       Omens From Dreams.

       Omens From Individual Experiences.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       THE COSMOLOGY OF THE BABYLONIANS.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       THE ZODIACAL SYSTEM OF THE BABYLONIANS.

       Planets, Stars, and Calendar.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       THE GILGAMESH EPIC.

       CHAPTER XXIV.

       MYTHS AND LEGENDS.

       The Etana Legend.

       The Legend of Dibbarra.

       The Myth of the Storm-God Zu.

       The Adapa Legend.

       CHAPTER XXV.

       THE VIEWS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.

       Location and Names of the Gathering Place of the Dead.

       The Condition of the Dead and the Impossibility of an Escape from Aralû.

       The Pantheon of Aralû.

       The Tombs and the Burial Customs.

       CHAPTER XXVI.

       THE TEMPLES AND THE CULT.

       The Construction and Character of the Zikkurats.

       The Temple and the Sacred Quarter.

       The Names of the Zikkurats and Temples.

       The History of the Temples.

       The Sacred Objects in the Temples,—Altars, Vases, Images, Basins, Ships.

       The Priests and Priestesses.

       Sacrifices and Votive Offerings.

       Festivals.

       CHAPTER XXVII.

       CONCLUSION.

       General Estimate and Influence.

       BIBLIOGRAPHY.

       NOTE.

       BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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