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. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . deity on the supernal mountain, with the seven (and not six) lambsrepresenting the Seven Rishis. The cylinder of Sargon the first ( 3200 ?) figured byHeusey^ {Palais Chaldeeii) and by Babelon,^ shows Izdubar orGistubar holding to a yak-horned bull a gourd-vase out of whichgushes a double stream. This must be the Universe-river, andGistubar has all the appearance of a classical river-god. This isChaldsean, but the Assyrian pillar-statues of the hareem atKhorsabad hold in their hands a similar vase which
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . deity on the supernal mountain, with the seven (and not six) lambsrepresenting the Seven Rishis. The cylinder of Sargon the first ( 3200 ?) figured byHeusey^ {Palais Chaldeeii) and by Babelon,^ shows Izdubar orGistubar holding to a yak-horned bull a gourd-vase out of whichgushes a double stream. This must be the Universe-river, andGistubar has all the appearance of a classical river-god. This isChaldsean, but the Assyrian pillar-statues of the hareem atKhorsabad hold in their hands a similar vase which sends fortha quadruple stream (Babelon, p. Z]\ which takes upon their bodiesthe course of the priests vestment known as a stole. [The Rivers question is abundantly treated of, chiefly howeverfrom the Edenic point of view, in Dr. Warrens Paradise Found:in some senses a reply to Prof Friedrich Delitzschs question Wolag das Paradies ? (Leipsic, 1881).] New Gilgamish. Manual, p. 47. River J] Nebulae and Meteors. 871 Nebulae and Meteors. HERE must be mentioned, that it may not be lost si
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