INDEX

(The appendices to the articles are not generally indexed, only the footnotes)

Abel (see also Cain and Abel), 229, 223, 228f, 245, 249, 268, 271, 275, 278 291, 305, 324, Abraham, 148, 371 apple, 265f Adam and Eve (Hawwa), 98, 114, 151, Apsû, 18ff, 22ff, 26, 28, 31, 35, 37ff, 41f, 166f, 182f, 186, 194f, 200, 207, 214, 49, 51f, 55 226f, 261, 265, 298, 301, 373 Aramaic, 162, 186 Adam, 98, 113f, 153f, 167, 176, 183ff, archaeology, archaeological context, 61f, 188, 190, 195, 198, 205f, 208, 210ff, 68 223ff, 227ff, 231ff, 237ff, 246, 258, ark, 180, 270, 293 264ff, 268f, 271–279, 285–302, arm, 250 307–311, 367, 369–375 Aryans, 96 Adam’s apple, 265f, 277 Ashanti, 108, 110, 112 Adeem, 372 Ashur, 32 aetiological legends, narratives, texts, 63, asuras (demons), 96 119, 169, 182, 184f, 202ff, 207, 209, Aten, 71, 74 215f, 223, 247ff, 252 Atum, 70, 73f, 83f, 115 aggadah, 144, 162, 229 Avesta, 95f agriculture, 113, 168, 174, 201 Azaazeel, 372, 374 Ahura Mazda, 96 Akhenaten, 71, 81ff Babylon, 17, 24, 35ff alchemy, 72 Bambara (Mali), 107 Alphabet of Ben Sira, The, 211 banana, 112 alphabet, 104, 144 Banda (Central African Republic), 110 Al-Qasim, 371 barley, 30 Amarna, 72, 80 barrel, 108 amulets, 76, 172f Bashi (Congo), 105 Amun, 71, 73 basil, 172 Amun-Ra, 71, 73 battle, 19f, 25, 35, 71, 181, 374 An, Anu, 19, 22, 27, 30ff, 36 bear, 180 anatomy, 62 bee, 7, 175, 180ff, 248, 255f ancestors, ancestor worship, 110, 126 belly, 95, 227 angel(s), 113f, 125, 168, 182, 187, 192, Ben Sira, The Alphabet of, 211 195, 221ff, 227, 249, 259, 278, 369, Bessarabia, 163, 243 372, 371f, 375, 378f big bang, 15, 216f anger, 108 Bini (Nigeria), 107f Anshar and Kishar, 19, 26 bird(s), 75, 89, 134f, 137, 169, 175, ant, 183 180ff, 194, 210, 224, 228, 240, 289f anthropogony, 152 birth (also virgin birth, childbirth), 1, anthropology, 61f, 104, 206 18, 73, 75, 95, 97f, 100ff, 108, 111ff, Anzû, 22 114f, 121f, 132, 182, 190, 205, 212, Apocalypse, apocalyptic (literature, 217, 227f, 261f, 286, 301, 307, 311, themes), 190, 193f, 201, 220 313ff, 373, 393, 401 apocrypha, apocryphal (sources, texts, birth-temples, 72 versions, traditions, interpretations), blood, bleeding, 8, 26, 102, 115, 140f, 162f, 166, 168, 175, 182, 189, 191, 152, 171, 173, 188f, 205f, 208f, 223, 193f, 199, 202, 205, 209, 214, 220, 231, 306f, 310ff, 411

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boar, 76 cosmos, cosmic, cosmology, 6, 22f, 28, Bogomil(s), Bogomilism, 163, 168, 222 142, 152f, 180, 186, 188, 191, 194, bones, 152, 173, 188f, 206f, 231ff 206, 245, 390, 392, 395f, 402ff Book(s) of the Dead, 64ff, 75, 83ff cow, 73, 108, 122, 180, 185 Bound Gods, 22, 26 creatio ex nihilo, creation from nothing, 9, Brahma, Brahmin, 94f, 96 15, 36, 63, 88, 91, 97, 108, 143, 400 bread, 110f, 123, 169f, 203ff, 226f, 252, crocodiles, 108 260, 270, 274, 311, 320 cuckoo, 184 Breath (of Allah), 372 cult (of the dead), 64 breath of life, 211 cuneiform sign, 145 breath, 28, 105, 152, 188ff, 208, 211 Breathing, (Document for), 67 Damkina, 19, 26 brother(s), 18, 25f, 111, 121, 125, 130, darkness, 97 140f, 195, 284, 371, 375 Darwinian theory, Darwinism, 2, 73, 148, 150, 153 Cabala (see also Kabbalah), 389 day(s), 23, 244, 254 Cain (and Abel), 140f, 185, 194, 227f, dead (king, ancestor, person), 66, 83, 278, 351 181 calendar, 23, 169, 172, 187 death, dying, 99, 101, 103, 110ff, 117, canon, 89, 92, 98, 162–168, 186f, 194, 123, 125f, 190, 192, 195, 278, 371, 199, 202, 205, 208–217, 220, 226f, 373, 394, 396, 398, 401f 251 demiurge(s), 168, 173, 175, 178f, 180, carp, 173, 176f 208, 220f Cassites, 17 demons, demonic, 96, 113, 172, 175, cat, 184f 211, 221, 223, 225, 242 cattle, 89, 108, 158f, 320 Denitsa (= Lucifer), 259 Chagga (East Africa), 108, 111 deus, 96 chaos, 89, 97, 100, 103, 127, 167, 175, devas (gods), 96 391f devils, The Devil, 7, 10, 96, 114, 166f, chicken, 122f 175, 180f, 195, 202f, 208, 215f, chosen people, 183 220–225, 228, 240f, 235ff, 254ff, 268f, Church Fathers, 164 273–279, 291, 324f clay, 16, 26, 72, 91, 105, 108, 113, dharma (lawbooks of ), 97 122ff, 133, 167, 177, 205ff, 213, 241, Dian, 110 247, 250f, 268, 272ff, 295, 297f dice, 99 cockerel, 246 Dionysius Longinus, 16 Coffi n Texts, 64, 66f, 75 dirt, dirty, dirtied, 272, 294, 320 combat motif, 20, 168, 180f diseases (see also sickness, illness), 130, commentaries, 89, 91, 102, 140f, 224, 268 177f, 180, 186ff, 204, 213, 220, 223, Divine Word, 163, 165 396 divorce, 113 consciousness, 389, 393 diwan (collection, of narrative poems), contraction, 399ff 370 cosmic (metamorphosis), 174 dog, 12, 185 cosmic measurement, 91 donkey, 184, 264 cosmic ocean, 95 dough, 177, 202–207, 213, 250, 252, cosmic role (of human beings), 104 310f, 320 cosmogony, cosmogonic, 6f, 18ff, 23, dove, 184 90ff, 96, 100, 140, 144, 151f, 161, dry land, 144 167ff, 172, 175ff, 182ff, 187, 189, dualism, duality, 96, 118, 202, 391f 194, 197, 199f, 202, 204, 207, 209, dung-beetle, 74 218, 220ff, 227, 249, 252, 255, 343, Dunnu, 33 348, 349, 350, 398 dust, 113, 115, 205–209, 247, 272f

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