Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Chapter VII. Creation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)

[169] Campbell's West Highland Tales, pp. 136 et seq.

[170]The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great, E. A. Wallis Budge, pp. 284, 285.

[171] Campbell's West Highland Tales.

[172]Nehemiah, ii, 13.

[173]The Tempest, i, 2, 212.

[174]Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, vol. iv, p. 176 et seq.

[175] From unpublished folk tale.

[176]Beowulf, translated by Clark Hall, London, 1911, p. 18 et seq.

[177]Beowulf, translated by Clark Hall, London, 1911, p. 69, lines 1280-1287.

[178]Egyptian Myth and Legend, pp. 260, 261.

[179]Egyptian Myth and Legend, pp. 8, 9.

[180]Indian Myth and Legend, pp. xli, 149, 150.

[181]Isaiah, li, 9.

[182]Psalms, lxxiv, 13, 14. It will be noted that the Semitic dragon, like the Egyptian, is a male.

[183]Job, xxvi, 12, 13.

[184]Psalms, lxxxix, 10.

[185]Isaiah, xxvii, I.

[186]Sumerian and Babylonian Psalms, p. 204.

[187]Custom and Myth, pp. 45 et seq.

[188] Translation by Dr. Langdon, pp. 199 et seq.

[189]The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, T.G. Pinches, pp. 118, 119.