81. Mythology And Religion Of The Ancient Near East And Ancient Middle East. mythology and Religion of the ancient near East and Middle East. Gods and goddessesof the ancient near East and Middle East and the development of religion. http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/nemythology/

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Ancient / Classical History ANE Egypt Persia Israel... NE: Mythology Home Essentials Site Map - Start Here! Atlas - Myths - Timelines ... Trojan War Hero Achilles - Troy zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Atlas and Places - Where? Ancient Greece - Greek Ancient Rome - Romans ANE Egypt Persia Israel... ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Ancient / Classical History newsletter. Search Ancient / Classical History ANE Mythology and Religion Mythology and Religion of the ancient Near East and Middle East. Gods and goddesses of the ancient Near East and Middle East and the development of religion. Alphabetical Recent Assyrian and Babylonian Gods and Goddesses Babylonian and Assyrian deities. Table of the gods and goddesses of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, their powers and functions, the older, younger, and anunnaki gods. Bulfinch's Mythology Section on Zoroaster which includes a supreme being, the rise of good and evil, and the magi. Canaanite Gods and Goddesses Canaanite deities. Table of the gods and goddesses of ancient Canaan, their names, functions, and spheres of influence.

82. On-Line Texts Related To Biblical Study: Ancient Near Eastern Myths Ancient near eastern Myths. Note If an item is greyed it means that I have not yet found an online version, but I am still looking. If you know of one, or are willing to produce one, please contatct me. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Texts/aneMyths.html

On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study Ancient Near Eastern Myths Note: If an item is greyed it means that I have not yet found an on-line version, but I am still looking. If you know of one, or are willing to produce one, please contatct me Most of these links are to the excellent site Gateways to Babylon . There is more there than I have included. If this material interests you, you should visit that site as well. Much of the Egyptian and Canaanite material comes from Mythos from the Ancient World which also has a useful Dicitonary of the Gods Mesopotamian The Myth of Adapa (Adapa and the food of life) Atrahasis - Tablet 1 The Myth of Anzu - or The retrieval of the Tablet of Destinies Enuma Elish The Eridu Genesis The Myth of Etana Epic of Gilgamesh ... Death of Gilgamesh - based on Wolkstein's + Kramer's work Descent of Ishtar to the Netherworld Lugalbanda in the mountain cave Marduk's Ordeal The marriage of Martu ... A Song of Praise to Nanna - or The Exploits of Ninurta The Return of Ninurta to Nippur The Creation of the Pickaxe How Grain came to Sumer Canaanite The Baal Epic The Descent of Anat into the Underworld Egyptian Modern harmonized creation account from various Egyptian sources Hathor and the destruction of humankind Osiris

83. Major Near And Middle Eastern Kings - Xerxes - Darius - Cyrus - Ashurbanipal - T Major near and Middle eastern Kings. Xerxes, Darius, Cyrus, Ashurbanipal,Tiglath Pileser, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal. http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa012500a.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Ancient / Classical History Biographies / People - Who? ... Trojan War Hero Achilles - Troy zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); Atlas and Places - Where? Ancient Greece - Greek Ancient Rome - Romans ANE Egypt Persia Israel... ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Ancient / Classical History newsletter. Search Ancient / Classical History Major Near and Middle Eastern Kings Xerxes, Darius, Cyrus, Ashurbanipal, Tiglath Pileser, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal Related Resources Hammurabi King of Babylonia Iraq War on Ancient Artifacts The Persian Wars Persian Empire ... Ancient Near and Middle East Religion and Mythology "The Greeks considered their poleis many of them democracies as infinitely superior to the absolute monarchy of Persia. Europeans have traditionally maintained that if these battles had not been won, history would have been utterly changed, with Europe falling under the sway of Eastern despotism. Whether or not this theory is true can never be known; but the theory itself helped to shape centuries of European hostility to and contempt for the nations of the Middle East." Richard Hooker The West and Middle/Near East have long been at odds. Before Mohammed and Islam, before even Christianity, ideological differences and desire for land and power led to conflict, first in the Greek-occupied territory of Ionia, in Asia Minor, and then, later, across the Aegean Sea and onto the Greek mainland. While the Greeks favored their small local governments, the Persians were empire builders, with autocratic monarchs at their heads. For the Greeks, banding together to fight a common foe presented challenges; whereas Persian monarchs had the power to demand the support of however many able-bodied men they required.

84. Yale Near East Collection: Selected Internet Resources Ancient near eastern Art from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of The Assyro-BabylonianMythology FAQ - guide to mythological characters and places. http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/neareastern.html

Front Page Curator History of the Near East Collection Arabic Islamic Reading Room ... New Acquisitions The Near East Collection at Yale University Read Arabic/ Computing Software and Fonts Newsgroups and Discussion Lists Other Libraries with Major Near East Collections Departments, Centers, and Societies for Near East Studies ... Miscellaneous Resources Read Arabic/ Computing Software and Fonts AraWebParse - Visual Rendering for Arabic Web pages The Arabic Tutor - provides information on software, hardware, Internet guides, and other links. Arabization of Palm OS - Arabic support for the Palm Pilot. Aramedia - Arabic software provider. Dr. Berlin's Foreign Font Archive - Arabic - downloadable fonts. Horizons' How to View Arabic on the Internet International Systems Consultancy - purchase Persian/Farsi software and download Persian, Arabic and Urdu fonts at no charge. My Arabic Teacher - software for purchase. Sindbad Communicator - download free software for browsing Arabic websites. Viewing Arabic HTML files Back to Table of Contents Newsgroups and Discussion Lists al-awda-CT Bahai Religion Countries of North Africa - moderated discussion list.

85. Bible History Links - Ancient Near East - Ancient Texts Selected Ancient near eastern Texts http//www.biblehistory.com/texts/anet.htmlDying and Rising Baal, Ugaritic Myths Selected Ancient near eastern Texts http http://www.bible-history.com/links.cfm?cat=5&sub=47

86. CLAS 231: Unit Three 3. Semitic (and Hebrew) connections with ancient neareastern myths Akkadianmyths 4. Non-Semitic ancient near-eastern and other myths Hittite; Egyptian. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/clas/clas231/cl231u03.htm

PART I: Definitions and Backgrounds Powell, ch. 3: The Development of Classical Myth Know and understand the following: 1. The nature of the earliest evidence for myth: archeological evidence non-written evidence and Catal-Huyuk prominence of goddesses (or at least of female figures) Potnia Theron linguistic evidence (proto-IndoEuropean) study of oral traditions 2. Ancient Near-Eastern (Semitic) Myth): importance of Mesopotamian stories Sumerians and their deities Akkadian-Babylonian deities and their functions Ancient Near-Eastern gods and goddesses Sumerian name of deity: Babylonian/Akkadian name of deity: Area of concern: An Anu Sky Inanna Ishtar Sexual Love Enlil Ellil, Marduk Storm God Enki Ea Wisdom, Magic, Fresh Water Ninshurgag, Ki (none) Earth Ereshkigal (none) Dearth Utu Shamash Sun 3. Semitic (and Hebrew) connections with ancient Near-Eastern myths Akkadian myths Anu Ishtar Enlil Marduk Ea 4. Non-Semitic ancient Near-Eastern and other myths Hittite Egyptian 5. Greek Archaic sources Homer: Iliad Odyssey Hesiod: Theogony Works and Days Cyclic poems Homeric hymns Lyric poetry 6. Greek myth in the Classical Period

87. CLAS 231: Chapter Nine feminist comparativist (cf. similar near eastern myths); what big questions do you think this myth helps us answer? View the following http://www.calvin.edu/academic/clas/clas231/cl231u09.htm

PART II: Divine Myths Powell, ch. 9 Myths of Fertility Demeter and the Great Goddess 1. The importance of female power in primitive Greek myth Gaea creation of new offspring 2. Ancient Near Eastern patterns Mesopotamian goddess variously known as Ishtar, Inanna, Astarte Phrygian Cybele ("Magna Mater" or "Great Mother") Egyptian Isis all are referred to as the "Great Goddess" 3. Inanna and Dumuzi journey of Inanna to the underworld role of Ereshkigal roles of Ninshubar and Enki betrayal (or abad judgement?) of Dumuzi yearly "resurrection" of Dumuzi 4. The Dying God and the Sacred Marriage What does Inanna represent, according to Powell? What does Dumuzi represent? hieros gamos , sympathetic magic Isis and Osiris Know the roles (and Egyptian equivalents) of the following characters: Rhea - Nut Cronus - Geb Typhoeus - Seth relationship of Isis and Osiris travels and grief of Isis etiological features of Isis myth View the following images of Isis and her worshippers: A procession of priests and worshippers of Isis Bust of a priest of Isis (found in the agora of Athens) 6. Cybele and Attis

88. Myths From Around The World ritual festivals to celebrate the triumph of good over evil. The strugglebetween the two was an important part of near eastern myth. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/theneareast.htm

Scholastic Home About Us Site Map Search ... Southeast Asia The Near East Writing with Writers Myth Brainstorming Machine The Near East T he people of Uruk were irritated by the wild behavior of Gilgamesh, their powerful king who was one-third mortal, two-thirds divine. The gods answered the people's prayers and sent down Enkidu, a brawny, shaggy-haired champion to rein in Gilgamesh. The wild man and the willful king met. They wrestled together, locked in furious embrace. Gilgamesh barely bested his opponent. Enkidu bowed before a strength greater than his own. The two became inseparable friends and fellow adventurers. Gilgamesh's bravery caught the attention of the goddess Ishtar. She was smitten by the handsome king. He ignored her and ignited her wrath. Ishtar sent down the savage bull of heaven. Every time the bull snorted, its breath carved deep ravines through the earth. The monster ravaged Gilgamesh's kingdom. The heroes went after it. Enkidu seized the bull's tail and Gilgamesh slew it. Enkidu tore off one of the bull's legs and threw it at Ishtar. The goddess demanded he be punished. Enkidu then bore the gods' wrath and died, too.

89. ClSt 200 - Hesiod Several near eastern cultures have their own religions and creation myths,and the similarities between them and the Theogony are striking. http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/hesiod/eastern.php

Unit 5 Theogony Outline Hesiodic Terminology Hesiod's Eastern Sources Maps of Cultural Exchange Hesiod Help Pages Launch Visual Genealogy Genealogical Database Pronunciation Guide... ...RealAudio ...Windows Media Return to Front Page Dictionary Blackboard Display Hesiod's Eastern Sources The underlying concepts of Hesiod's Theogony are not exclusive to Greek myth. Several Near Eastern cultures have their own religions and creation myths, and the similarities between them and the Theogony are striking. Enuma Elish is the great creation epic of the Babylonians. It is the story of the creation of the universe and serves as the justification of the supremacy of the god Marduk, who defeats Tiamat, one of the two original divine beings in the world. Scholars have recognized many simliarities between Marduk and Zeus. Like Zeus, Marduk is a sky god, and is of a younger generation of gods. They both battle to create order, and both overthrow their parents to triumph. The Babylonians intended that the Enuma Elish serve as a song of praise for the king of the gods. Similarly, since Hesiod's story tells the tale of Zeus' triumph, we can assume he intended the

90. Sumary Of Near Eastern History - Prehistory: The Flood among the Greeks the framework is mythological and the at Tartessus in southern Spainnear Gibraltar. The descendants of Ham comprise the eastern and southern http://www.theology.edu/prehist2.htm

The Flood As we begin our discussion, I would first like to discuss Genesis 4 and 5. These two chapters give us the story of Cain and Abel, and provide the genealogy leading to Noah. The beginning of civilization may be traced to Cain. According to Genesis 4:16-18, he built a city and named it after his son. Chapter four continues with the line of Cain for a short while, and then the narrative picks up with the line of Seth through Noah. It is interesting to compare this genealogy with the ancient Sumerian King list. Sumerian King List When kingship was lowered from heaven, kingship was [first] in Eridu [In] Eridu, A-lulim [became] king and ruled 28,800 years. Alalgar ruled 36,000 years. [Thus] two kings ruled it for 64,800 years. I drop [the topic of] Eridu, [because] its kingship was brought to Bad-tibira. [In] Bad-tibira, En-men-lu-Anna ruled 43,200 years. En-men-gal-Anna ruled 28,800 years. The god Dumu-zi, a shepherd, ruled 36,000 years. [Thus] three kings ruled it for 108,000 years. I drop [the topic of] Bad-tibira

91. Course Catalog : : Department Of Classical Studies We will consider the influence on these works of near eastern thought and poetictechniques, and discuss the relation of these mythological accounts to worship http://www.wellesley.edu/Courses/classicalstd.html

Course Catalog 2003-2004 Department of Classical Studies Professor: Lefkowitz, Marvin , Starr, Rogers, Dougherty (Chair) Assistant Professor: Reay Senior Lecturer: Colaizzi Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow: Greene The Department of Classical Studies offers three closely related major programs: Greek Latin Classical Civilization . Majors in Greek and Latin are based entirely on courses in the original languages while the Classical Civilization major combines work in the original languages with courses taught in English on the history, literature, society, and material culture of the ancient world. A related, interdepartmental major, Classical Civilization and Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, brings together courses in Classical Studies with course work in other departments. Classes in Greek and Latin are conducted in English and encourage close analysis of the ancient texts, with emphasis on their literary and historical values. The department reserves the right to place a new student in the course for which she seems best prepared regardless of the number of units she has offered for admission. The department requires its own placement test for students interested in enrolling in Latin courses other than Latin

92. Phoenician/Greek Religion; Gods, Followers And Practices The near eastern myth does not end here, as the stone takes on a powerof its own as a result of having been within the body of a god. http://www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk/Phoenician/Phoenicians2.html

Return to first section Mythology The diffusion of Oriental wares through the ports of northern Syria - especially the port of Poseideïon, where Greeks and Near Easterners met - played a major role in bringing about the mix of Hittite and Mesopotamian mythology found in Greek religion. Phoenicians were the dominant traders at this time and this land had once been heavily influenced by them. Their own myths were in turn heavily influenced by their neighbours, although they also carried with them practices which originated in their homeland. The spread of tales to their trading partners and rivals would have been through spoken word, as literacy was not widespread. The following section looks at the Greek myths - especially those recorded in the work of Hesiod - that parallel those found in the Near East, and in particular the texts found at the old Hittite capital of Hattusas. We will first look at the gods of Hesiod’s Theogony, followed by the aspects of sacred stones, serpents and monsters, and finish with cultural heroes. Hesiod’s Theogony parallels much of the creation myth of the Near East ‘Kingship in Heaven’ as found in the Hittite library of Hattusas. The Kumarbi tale shows up in a Hittite text that predates Hesiod by some 500 years. Hesiod’s Theogony follows the sequence so closely that borrowing almost certainly took place and thus this aspect of Greek myth shows aspects of Babylonian, Hittite, Hurrian and Canaanite mythology. This borrowing must either have occurred in the Bronze Age or some time later and been lifted either directly from the Hittites or through the neo-Hittite states of Syria. The creation myth follows these lines: the first god is sometimes known as Alalu, but does not appear in the Greek tale, Heaven Anu/Uranus is castrated by Kumarbi/Kronos.

93. S F J F F Online Guide To Jewish Film - Israeli Cinema both 1930s1950s Zionist cinema and 1980s Conflict Films exhibit, in both their iconographyand narrative, rudiments of ancient near eastern myth, and resemble http://www.sfjff.org/guide/israeli.html

A Radical Critique of Zionism By Judd Ne'eman From 3rd Edition Consumed with the war against the Palestinians, the impact of the Holocaust and the death ethos, the political cinema of the 1980s in Israel presented a radical critique of Zionism and set the stage for an apocalyptic/dystopian cinema in the 1990s. Popular cinema in modern society functions in a similar way to mythology in prehistoric societies. It exposes conceptual contradictions, on the one hand, and explicates unresolved social dilemmas, on the other. In this respect, the 1980s Israeli cinema foreshadowed the emergence of a new historiography and sociology of the 1990s. CONFLICT FILMS Ironically, both 1930s-1950s Zionist cinema and 1980s Conflict Films exhibit, in both their iconography and narrative, rudiments of ancient Near Eastern myth, and resemble two phases of the medieval Holy Grail romances. The iconographic motifs of chalice and blade appearing frequently in Grail romances are directly related to ancient near-Eastern fertility rituals. In Israeli cinema the same icons, chalice and blade, originate from the cultural wells of the ancient Near-East, both from local Arab tradition and from ancient Judaism. Another common cultural basis of cinematic representations which link the Zionist cinema to the Grail romances is utopianism - the ambition to redeem a people and restore a land. The first cycle of Grail romances features a two-fold mission for the quester (the Grail hero):

94. Exam 1 Green fate 11. Prometheus’ closest counterpart in near eastern myth isa. Ullikumi b. Marduk c. Enkidu d. Enki (=Ea) e. Ishtar 12. The http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/classes/2000-2001/SP/cla222.Sp01.kf/quizzes/t

Classics 222: Classical Mythology Exam #1, April 20, 2001 60 points Part One: Multiple Choice (23 points). Please choose the BEST answer for each of the following: 1. He is the legendary king of Uruk, builder of its walls (c.2600 B.C.) a. Ullikumi b. Cronus c. Utnapishtim d. Inana e. Gilgamesh 2. Ziusudra and Atrahasis both: a. survive the flood b. challenge Enkidu c. eat the Lotus plant d. give in to sleep e. die before their time 3. Who teaches humans to wrap bones in glistening fat and offer it as a sacrifice to Zeus? a. Epimetheus b. Metis c. Enki d. Prometheus e. Athena 4. An etiological tale does what? a. describes the seasons b. explains the cause of something c. makes false assertions about the gods d. explains human desire e. remembers events of the historical past 5. The contest for the bride is a common motif in what kind of myth? a. divine myth b. legend c. saga d. folk-tale e. cosmogonic myth a. Aphrodite b. Athena c. Pandora d. Metis e. Gaea

95. Gender Studies And The Ancient Near East 6791. _, The Deceptive Goddess in Ancient near eastern MythInanna and Inaras, Semeia 42 (1988), 84-102. _, Queenly http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/journal_hebrew/html/1996-2000/10-17/bib

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96. Mythology Studies At Indiana University The program in mythology Studies at Indiana University offers an interdisciplinary that is, a broad and variedminor in mythology to graduate students http://www.indiana.edu/~myth/

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97. Classics Program Ancient history, historiography (esp. Herodotus and Livy), classical andNear eastern myth, Greek and Roman civilization. Research Interests http://classics.ucdavis.edu/content/Lee Patterson

Lee E. Patterson Visiting Lecturer/Faculty Fellow, Classics Program lpatterson@ucdavis.edu 708 Sproul Hall Teaching Interests: Ancient history, historiography (esp. Herodotus and Livy), classical and Near Eastern myth, Greek and Roman civilization Research Interests: Roman Near East (esp. Armenia and the Caucasus region), kinship diplomacy, political uses of Greek myth, theories of myth (e.g., Eliade) Education: University of Missouri-Columbia, Ph.D. (Classical Studies) 2003, University of Chicago(graduate study in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)1996-97 University of Mississippi, M.A. (Classics) 1996 Arkansas State University, M.A. (English) 1993 Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.A. (English) 1991 Publications: Forthcoming: “An Aetolian Local Myth in Pausanias?” Mnemosyne 2002: “Pompey’s Albanian Connection at Justin XLII,3,4.” Latomus 61.2: 312-325 2001: “Rome’s Relationship with Artaxias I of Armenia.”Ancient History Bulletin 15.4: 154-162 Papers Presented: 2004: “Strabo as a Source of Local Myth.” APA, San Francisco, CA 2003: “Alcman’s Maidens in Sacred Time.” CAMWS, Lexington, KY

98. Mythology , 1969, Sumerian Myths and Epic Tales, in Pritchard, JB, ed., Ancient NearEastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament 3rd ed. Princeton, New Jersey http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/biblio/mythology.html

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99. Michael C. Carlos Museum Link to Ramesses I The Search for the Lost Pharaoh Exhibit. © 2004 EmoryUniversity For more information please see our frequently asked questions. http://carlos.emory.edu/

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