Dumuzi
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Thus the crab is a figure of ‘the darkness power’ which seized the Accadian solar hero, Dumuzi, and ‘which is constantly represented in monstrous and drakontic form.’
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
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 Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
Thus the crab is a figure of ‘the darkness power’ which seized the Akkadian solar hero, Dumuzi, and ‘which is constantly represented in monstrous and drakontic form.’
From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew
Tammuz, the Babylonian "Dumuzi," was the god of spring vegetation, who dies, going down to Hades, and revives again with each returning summer.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.
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 Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
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