Dumuzi
Americannoun
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The festival of Dumuzi lasted during the six first days of the month, with processions and ceremonies bearing two distinct characters.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
Dumuzi, the husband of the goddess Ishtar, 303; the hero of a solar Myth, 323-326.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
But Izdubar, in his pride, rejected the love of the goddess; he insulted her and taunted her with having loved Dumuzi and others before him.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
A better approach to a trinity is formed by Ea of Eridu, Davkina his wife who is the earth, and the sun-god Dumuzi, their offspring.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
In some Accadian hymns he is invoked as "the Shepherd, the lord Dumuzi, the lover of Ishtar."
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
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