Family tree of the Babylonian gods
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Babylonian gods and goddesses family tree
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The following is a family tree of gods and goddesses from Babylonian mythology.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]Notes
[edit ]Citations
[edit ]- ^ Leeming 2005, p. 24
- ^ Heidel 1951, p. 3
- ^ Leeming 2005, p. 229
- ^ Heidel 1951, p. 18
- ^ Heidel 1951, p. 21
- ^ Leick 1991, p. 149
- ^ Pritchard 2011, p. 77; Dalley 1998, p. 160
- ^ Jordan 2014, p. 143
- ^ Leick 1991, p. 88
- ^ Leick 1991, p. 123
- ^ Leick 1991, p. 156
Sources
[edit ]- Dalley, Stephanie. (1998) [1989]. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-283589-0.
- Heidel, Alexander. (1951) [1942]. The Babylonian Genesis (PDF) (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-32399-4.
- Jordan, Michael. (2014). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438109855.
- Leeming, David Adams. (2005). The Oxford Companion to World Mythology . Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0.
- Leick, Gwendolyn. (1991). A Dictionary of Near Eastern Mythology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-02852-X.
- Pritchard, James Bennett, ed. (2011). The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14726-0.
Further reading
[edit ]- Lambert, Wilfred G. (2013). Babylonian Creation Myths. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 9781575068619.
- Sandars, Nancy K. (1972) [1960]. The Epic of Gilgamesh . London: Penguin.
