The Mesopotamian Pandemonium A Provisional Census
The pantheon of Ancient Mesopotamia is well known, its pandemonium much less. A run through the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary revealed the names of some 119 demons, who differed among themselves in various ways: some were evil by nature, others feared only because of the functions theyfulfilkd m the d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
2011
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2011, Volume: 77, Issue: 2, Pages: 298-322 |
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Demonology
B Mesopotamia B Religious Thought B BELIEF & doubt B Spirit |
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| Summary: | The pantheon of Ancient Mesopotamia is well known, its pandemonium much less. A run through the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary revealed the names of some 119 demons, who differed among themselves in various ways: some were evil by nature, others feared only because of the functions theyfulfilkd m the drvmely ordered cosmos, some were invrsrble, others dreadful composite s of human and animal par ts; some had icono-graphies, others had not. The evil demons were matched by two groups of hybrid helper spirits, the Sages and the Monsters, who played an impor-tantrolem first mrllenmumapotroparc magre. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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