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Astrological Triplicities: Classical Elements, Nymph, Satyr, Akasha, Fire, Water, Agni, Air, Earth, Vayu, Prithvi, Bhuta, Deluge Myth
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-06-08.
ISBN 9781157772460
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Classical Elements, Nymph, Satyr, Akasha, Fire, Water, Agni, Air, Earth, Vayu, Prithvi, Bh?ta, Deluge Myth, Classical Elements in Popular Culture, Mah?bh?ta, Humorism, Salamander, Sky Father, Aban, Astrology and the Classical Elements, Triplicity, Tattva, Pygmy, Ondine, Fire Worship, Sylph, Aether, Central Fire, Alchemical Elements, Elemental, Ap, on the Heavens, Water Sprite, Empyrean, Celestial Ocean, Earth Mother. Excerpt: A deluge myth or Great Flood myth is a mythical story of a great flood sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution. It is a theme widespread among many cultures, though it is perhaps best known in modern times through the biblical account of Noah's Ark, the Hindu Puranic story of Manu, through Deucalion in Greek mythology or Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Heroes Monsters Related The earliest extant flood legend is contained in the fragmentary Sumerian Eridu Genesis, datable by its script to the 17th century BCE. The story tells how the god Enki warns Ziusudra (meaning "he saw life, " in reference to the gift of immortality given him by the gods), of the gods' decision to destroy mankind in a floodthe passage describing why the gods have decided this is lost. Enki instructs Ziusudra (also known as Atrahasis) to build a large boatthe text describing the instructions is also lost. After which he is left to repopulate the earth, as in many other flood legends. After a flood of seven days, Zi-ud-sura makes appropriate sacrifices and prostrations to An (sky-god) and Enlil (chief of the gods), and is given eternal life in Dilmun (the Sumerian Eden) by An and Enlil. The "Deluge tablet" (tablet 11) of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Akkadian.In the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, toward the en... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=601839
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