BIBLIOGRAPHY. (continued 2)
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Nannar = Sin, etymology of N., 75; N. attached to Ur, 75; Sin to Harran, 76; his position, 76; his representation, 76; his functions, 76, 78; his epithets, 76, 79, 89; relationship to Ningal, 97.
Naram-Sin, founds temple of Shamash in Sippar, 70, 646; his exploits incorporated in omen text, 562; builder of the temple of En-lil in Nippur, 642.
Nâru, rivergod in incantations, 282; ship of Nâru, 655; place of worship, 655.
Nature, worship, 48; confusion with local cults, 49-50; nature myth, 432-3, 487, 494.
Nazi-Maruttash, Cassite king, votive objects, 671-2.
Nebo, mount in Moab, place of death of Moses, 130.
Nebopolassar, king of Babylon, 129; makes Babylon independent, 239; makes cult of Marduk prominent, 239; makes cult of Nabu prominent, 240; Shamash cult at Larsa, 647, note 3.
Nebuchadnezzar I., expels the Cassites, 88, 158; cult of Marduk and Ramman, 158, 162; his pantheon, 162.
Nebuchadnezzar II., religion of N. and Daniel, 3; builder of Birs Nimrud, 9; rule, 44; worships Sarpanitum as the begetting deity, 122; makes cult of Marduk prominent, 240, 646; revives ancient cults, 242-3; restores temple of Nin-karrak at Sippar, 294; his prayers exemplification of ethical tendencies, 299; opposed to Bel cult in Nippur, 646; restores Shamash temple in Sippar, 646; Ishtar cult in Uruk, 648.
Nergal, god, 51; local cult and temple in Cuthah, 65, 164, 218, 563, 583, 648; worship in Palestine, 65; in Uruk, 66; his names and their meanings, 66; functions, 66-7, 537; development of his attributes, 67-8, 582, 593; identification with Lugal-banda, 95; with Irkalla, 592; associated with Allat, 104, 183, 565, 580, 593; associated with Ramman and Nanâ, 159, 164; Nergal in Samsu-iluna's pantheon, 162; in Nebuchadnezzar's I. pantheon, 162; epithets, 172; chief of nether-world and subterranean demons, 183 (cf. 260), 511, 563, 582; associated with Ninib as god of the chase, 216, 218, 237; with Ninib and Ashur, 216, 218; god of war, 218, 582; Cuthah his sacred city, 164, 218, 563, 583; Kar-Nergal named in his honor, 219; temple at Tarbisu, 219; Laz his consort, 219, 243, 583; identified with Dibbarra, 232, 528-9, 594; perhaps = Bel-sarbi, 242; in incantations, 273, 280; phases of, 280, 459; = Mars as name of planet, 370, 459; 9th month sacred to N., 463; sun of midday and summer solstice, 528, 582; pictured as a lion, 530; the lion a symbol of Nergal, 537, 580, 582; identified with Gibil, 594; associated with Allatu, 104, 183, 565, 580, 583, 593; Nergal conquers and weds Allatu, 584-5; imitation of Tiâmat-Marduk fight, 585.
Nether-world, names of: Aralû, 557; Ekur, 558; Shuâlu, 558; Kigallu, 562; Irkalla, 563; Kutu or Cuthah, 563; epithets for n., 559, 563; Nergal, lord of the n., 563; the older head of the lower world a goddess, Allatu, not a god, 585.
New Year's Festival, see Zag-muk.
Nibir = planet Marduk or Jupiter, in the zodiac in conjunction with Bel and Ea, 434-5; exercises control over all the stars, 458.
Nicolas of Damascus, source B.-A. religion, 1, 412.
Niebuhr, Carsten, 15.
Niffer, excavations, 11; see Nippur.
Nika, mother of Esarhaddon, 340.
Nimrod, incidental biblical reference to, 2; not = Gilgamesh, 514.
Nimrud (mound), unearthed, 7; temple, 9, 627.
Ninâ, quarter in Lagash, 57, 86; explanation of name, 86.
Ninâ, goddess, 51; explanation of name, 86; centers of worship, 86-8, 635; associations with Nin-girsu, 87, 635; relations to Ea, 87-8; fusion with Ishtar of Nineveh, 88; interprets a dream, 101; a daughter of Nin-si-a, 102; in Gudea's pantheon, 106, 635.
Nin-a-gal, god, 51; meaning of name, 64; function, 64; identification with Ea, 64.
Nin-akha-kuddu, goddess, 51; her titles in incantation texts, 103, 282; in Lugalzaggisi's pantheon, 110; goddess of purification, 282; mistress of Uruk, 103, 282; water deity, 282; lady of spells, 282.
Nin-azu, "god of the great city," 592; associated with Allatu, 586, 590; god of healing, 590; identified with Ninib, 591.
Nin-dara, see Nin-si-a.
Nin-dim-su, god, in the Cassite pantheon, 162, 172; epithet of Ea, 173.
Nin-din-dug, name of Bau. (See Corrections.)
Nin-e-gal, variant of Nin-gal, 98.
Nineveh, center of action in book of Judith, 3; site of, 6; capital of Assyria, 46, 193, 651; cult of Ishtar, 152, 202-3; temple E-mash-mash of Ishtar, 152; resp. of Belit, 227; Sha-nit(?)-ka, mistress of, 233; worship of all gods and goddesses, 638; intellectual center, 651.
Nin-gal, god, 51; center of worship, 97; relationship to Nannar, 97; sanctuary at Khorsabad, 231; Nin-gal's ship, 655.
Nin-girsu, solar deity, 51; subordinate to Bel, 53, 57; identity with Ninib, 57, 217 (cf. 528); temple E-Ninnu in Girsu, 57, 87, 634-5, 640; votive offerings, 57; agricultural deity = Shulgur, 58; identity with Tammuz, 58; relations to Nin-shakh, 93; in Gudea's pantheon, 106; in incantations, 273; zikkurat in Lagash or Girsu, 619, 635, 639; shrine in Lagash, 640; his ship, 654; consort of Bau, 59, 677.
Nin-gish-zida, solar deity, 51; a form of Nin-girsu, 92; meaning of name, 92; identified with Ninib, Nin-girsu, Nin-shakh, 99, 217, 528, 547; local character, 99, 528; temple in Girsu, 99, 635; in Gudea's inscriptions and incantation texts, 99, 106, 280; consort of Nusku, 280; brings famine in the land, 387; 5th month sacred to N., 462, 547; servant of Gibil, 463; 4th month sacred to, 463; identical with Gish-zida, 547; associated with Tammuz, 546, 588; presides over the growth of trees, 588.
Nin-gul, 51; consort of Lugal-banda, 95; interpretation of name, 95; place of worship, 96.
Ninib, see Nin-girsu, solar deity, 57, 217, 459, 462, 576, 684; consort of Gula, 105 (cf. 576, 591); of Belitekalli, 173; in Hammurabi's pantheon, 162; in Nebuchadnezzar's I. pantheon, 162, 164; god of war, 164, 214, 218; = Ud-zal, 166; associated with Ashur, 214; epithets, 213-4, 217; temple in Calah, 214-5 (cf. 684); favorite of Ashurnasirbal and Shamshi-Ramman, 214; god of the chase in association with Nergal, 216, 218, 237; hero of the heavenly and earthly spirits, 214; in association with Nergal and Ashur, 216; identical with Nin-girsu, 57, 217; with Nin-azu, 591; absorbs Nin-gish-zida and Nin-shakh, 217 (cf. 547); represents east sun and morning sun, 217; first-born of Ea, 217; offspring of Ekur, 217; first-born of Bel, 217; god of destructive cloud storm, 217, 500; other qualities in religious literature, 218, 576; name of outer wall of Sargon's II. palace, 237; lays the foundations of cities, 237; three forms, 238; temple in Dilbat, 242; in incantations, 273, 280; = Saturn, name of planet, 371, 459; 6th and 11th months sacred, 215, 684; 4th month sacred to N., 462; in the deluge story, 500 (cf. 217), 504; worshipped at Nippur, 635; temple of Zamama-Ninib, 640.
Nin-igi-azag, title of Ea, 230.
Nin-igi-nangar-bu, 171; presides over metal workers, 178.
Nin-Karrak = goddess Gula, 242; temple at Babylon (see Gula), 242; in incantations, 273; temple at Sippar, 294; in a prayer of Nebuchadnezzar, 294.
Nin-khar-sag = goddess Belit, 164; in Samsu-iluna's pantheon, 162, 164; sanctuary at Babylon (see Belit), 242, 639.
Nin-kigal = Allatu, 282.
Nin-kurra, 171; lord of mountain, patron of stone workers, 178.