SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL TO 777


THE CHART that follows is based on research presently available to the Editor with regard to Sumerian and Assyro-Babylonian religions. Entries in parentheses refer to the state of correspondences before the advert of the Elder Gods, the Race of MARDUK; that is, it reflects the nature of the cosmos before the Fall of MARDUK from Heaven. (Names of zodiacal constellations are after Budge's renderings.)

Table VII [A.C.]Table XXV [S.]
0.. . .ANU (TIAMAT)
1.Sphere of the Primum MobileENLIL (ABSU)
2.Sphere of the Zodiac or Fixed StarsENKI; LUMASHI (IGIGI)
3.Sphere of SaturnADAR
4.Sphere of JupiterMARDUK
5.Sphere of MarsNERGAL
6.Sphere of the SunUTU
7.Sphere of VenusINANNA
8.Sphere of MercuryNEBO
9.Sphere of the MoonNANNA
10.Sphere of the ElementsKIA
11.AirANNA
12.MercuryGUDUD
13.MoonSIN
14.VenusDLIBAT
15.AriesAGRU (XUBUR)
16.TaurusKAKKAB U ALAP SHAME (KINGU)
17.GeminiRE'U KINU SHAME U TU'AME RABUTI (VIPER)
18.CancerSHITTU (SNAKE)
19.LeoKALBU RABU (LAKHAMU)
20.VirgoSHIRU (WHIRLWIND)
21.JupiterUMUNPADDU
22.LibraZIBANITUM (Ravening Dog)
23.WaterBADUR
24.ScorpioAKRABU (SCORPION-MAN)
25.SagittariusPA-BIL-SAG (HURRICANE)
26.CapricornSUXUR MASH (FISH-MAN)
27.MarsMASTABARRU
28.AquariusGULA (HORNED BEAST)
29.PiscesDILGAN U RIKIS NUNI (WEAPON)
30.SunSHAMASH
30.FireAG
30.SaturnKAIMANU
30.(bis) EarthKIA
30.(bis) SpiritZI