, 1875-03-15


" lfaeisadrn'a ark " are often n,enttou ol on ths
inacrpsions. and aeotn to point 10 lilo san1o ark
On wh:l, osiria. tho Eg. ptIan god {Iiestt) rides
"iih t1cscn"dlny into the neither world, w.ere
hell and liaasen meot. Int while tic ark Vi
Moab ia stit n1cre chest, tho ark Of the ChsI.
sicuu legend il I regular ship. launched into thc
tea md 1aYisascd by bostmeu: Tie god ~i,u
told fiasIazdta to build nhip. ss 11ea, tho god Of
the ocean, tito eaino who Gained tho anger OF
Dol. the pfncs Of tho gods. aud prevailed upon
linn mt 10 dcu!foy uleu any mora By a icInso,
there hny'ng been du,ing nix days and soveti
nEhts rain which s~eps sway all lilo from exstl.
lie whole Hood legend. lowover, ID
| MERELY AZ KPIhoDE,
insosted into the grand epopce OF "Firobrand.' u
1}ut Ft1ohraod, tho ruler al I,abYlon, with jIer
four cities united Into cue, turns out 10 bs kim-
rod. ~ this reading Of the name Izduhar 10 nlnde
] rro6abIe by Smith aud otActs. yot the same has
been found on inscriptions to have been wvr-
ahiped ~ god and addtcsae4 iu prayers. 1M-
deeu' no 10 described in our poen AZ coming
along With tho tlnts Of god on lis body; i,ih
| shape is divine, his work in ht,nlenH Nor
can wo liep fuggcsting tho same to hare beet,
t,c original typo Of eil tho Bameona anrl Tho
| Hercules, waon bchoJng Tho large figure of
| palace ut Chorsabsd. showing a gigantic nl,apc
| OF 4 man stFAnR1ing yoting lion with 11lv one
! ar1'' "halo holding club Or boomerang in tho
other. There Ia also mention made in this
amo1rs Of Ishthr, tho Aneysian ycnus. whosc
charms I" Fiscbrani" tlcspissd. OF there, her
marriage with tlo unfortunate Taunnuz, "whoBo
losa country after country ls mourning, !" ie Of
especial intorcst. as It la the whom Ezekiel
found The ido1atrons woman uocpng for {c1lap.
WILL; Y. ~, aud whose loss WAS jamentcd in tic
| Same way ny lHltar az WAS Adonis in phcnicisn
mytlioogy Gy venus, and OSIRIS b, The Egyptian
Eoddcbn lHis, a. seen In another ranlat kAh|e
piece. describing tho desccut OF Ishlar into tho
land OF tho dead In tho search Of Acr loss be-
loved. From the description Of tho neither
world, In this and tho other pioco mentioned
f1nf
Heaven and hell belong To Tho remotest ansi1ui-
ty and, l think, 1t is mt too bold to asse1t that
tl!ny wero forwarded in M unknown tltuo by
Chntdoan pEiests to Egypt and to India. where
NC find them Ia common with many otIer 1eljci-
OTIS halicfs and rites peculiar to tho Chnldeans,
1'hia mar account also for tho striking similarity
observed by scho'ars tesween tho 11lndoo
legend Of tho flood. and tho CLal1ean account.
In tho seme way attention has been called to q
large number Of condolences In the belief in
spirits and their eTil influences in the tree
OF llfo aud the Haer ot life, iu exoscsuIs by the
use Of aigns and racred numbers found between
the old Ehaldean religion and moro or lcss tnat
of all tho others.
TO MENTION ANOTHER INSTANCE,
We find tho infant-life Of almost all groat llerocs
surrouuded By QUO 6nd tho naino beautiful
hdid over their precious ie. T Esyps ~ usfsa las her
Oslr;s. homo her fomutnn, Greece ler Hercules
and porseus. perais her Cyrua, Judaism it's
Moses, buddhism It's Buddba, aud Christianity
t,esa,n ~" t1,nts ,I,snt ''ra "as tton hangers
orjrinai. or a. ics,t et,,rr nn,er;or 80 III ~
them, nc must turn to Chaldea. to hear Eargon,
the foundar OF tho carly City Of Akkad telling
his atoEy iu poem reading as follows:
| AM Rsrgon, the mighty King Of Akkad. -..
ain born Of mortal mother, Jet nut her husband,
but god II INF fathcr.
tie Eaphrat~-,
Putting 1ns IN N ark of rshea, coated With btu
aen,
Hs msds %uG1 M. hi, ,oD md ,e.eh,no m, .ox~n., x
from gardener became . Kina. '' 's"''
Seyertbess. am far fron, hot,ex;,, n.on,a ;,
have merely copied from each othtr for Ia ne M
Tnr Midas Who turnaS evsS,ne u to sd ,1a ,h, gs
touchinr t. Thisis the nst1,a tx So1n ran. Tae
yhnnph ir.winT ali thair lnowIadno Su"a1' T.. VA
scIoncs from OILERS, tue droeks % stannci i Thstu M
their eeni,s an5 ,rnnG into % ,oo,.s SeA ~ ~
pronhets' thn nnets and tha ,x;ss nss,, ~ Iur.as
~ plsriran ~ oa oi ~ 80 tuu & NEE eI ~ 1e.Ae,
boatheu patons. eyen .ho for,n of rnI5sx INN M.
~ -, r. r,,,. has,, n.osoJ ~ - noGae" po-
Gasm 10 NC 10 81 oa
frnn othnra jntc ~. cr,,cih,a ~, t1,nr +,i,I
Il cams for1l Iii arr,aad ,r;ti .a s ", =. M sHa
noss sni shining viii ila swn.,nsn1;nr ,naiss,
~ cun,ons IiTr1r - on n,acoxx.x
which c.nnnt rofpsn from n,.,,,,n,,n, t.,,,,.
Small i,n.res ri clrv viii a;+hnr i,mrs, .A9i ~;
and Io,ss lot,v gr ~ wv hssd h nasa
Is,J, tn nn
thsesho,d % n, tha an,r,nras 4 x;tnn es r. A. @ .ae
nsscns ~ Sipovo,, hes;dcs .,"hs ~ % rua roia'
rcrhed vii, nravc,s and ,n,Tn ~ H. peun .u-
pby for tho p,,rnas, nf nrntrrt;nc tha si,des ~
tha k,ne rhIs ttho nrI}nsnai nao nooacs oi
Gn.rao3 h" c,,.r,,hs ~ ens; Go9s"Ay1 w., Mese
Sinred hn. md iinns Iv s,.s rm.; nnH hnsre o.
snh1n1c. Ths.s ths, ~ 4sy .s;,.n ns1a y mese ~
pod. or r.r.ohin .,n nat ti.h 0~s ,s5, nooscnolo
S1 iii ,ot,a,mher f1n tbs HIT. n''; "neu rs you
ha- fsti'sr w ti,n ,1,rnoss taeno ato!o ttoM
~ hcr nav homs ~ H. parstsa ,r,s, tnen
nar,.r ia e,,sta ~ asoy % taome; y thaa
pprc..oI ill @r"nd VA *o,e..; netp pelne 1in-
noktrr nxor etho H. .raa tuuSusas leaaon.
on oyer a,ncc t,e e.ri1 nan has s.Ga
trnt. ~, H." ea.1r. ~ ~ p'teueu then
geti,cr ~ xi,h H." "a 1, wnsse tney hsod 70
ton thomsnnd yoors bo ears s, " Do..le pe!haps
~ shn 9.ssu,,n E,Is out eta. a. snc saofo
m,nx r,ttnn. ~ ~. nIsas hs " ~ tn4s gay, nov
.,rrsd ousshna T - pon,,sy uouJa say'ne long ther
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