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.] | |
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0. | . . . | ANU (TIAMAT) |
1. | Sphere of the Primum Mobile | ENLIL (ABSU) |
2. | Sphere of the Zodiac or Fixed Stars | ENKI; LUMASHI (IGIGI) |
3. | Sphere of Saturn | ADAR |
4. | Sphere of Jupiter | MARDUK |
5. | Sphere of Mars | NERGAL |
6. | Sphere of the Sun | UTU |
7. | Sphere of Venus | INANNA |
8. | Sphere of Mercury | NEBO |
9. | Sphere of the Moon | NANNA |
10. | Sphere of the Elements | KIA |
11. | Air | ANNA |
12. | Mercury | GUDUD |
13. | Moon | SIN |
14. | Venus | DLIBAT |
15. | Aries | AGRU (XUBUR) |
16. | Taurus | KAKKAB U ALAP SHAME (KINGU) |
17. | Gemini | RE'U KINU SHAME U TU'AME RABUTI (VIPER) |
18. | Cancer | SHITTU (SNAKE) |
19. | Leo | KALBU RABU (LAKHAMU) |
20. | Virgo | SHIRU (WHIRLWIND) |
21. | Jupiter | UMUNPADDU |
22. | Libra | ZIBANITUM (Ravening Dog) |
23. | Water | BADUR |
24. | Scorpio | AKRABU (SCORPION-MAN) |
25. | Sagittarius | PA-BIL-SAG (HURRICANE) |
26. | Capricorn | SUXUR MASH (FISH-MAN) |
27. | Mars | MASTABARRU |
28. | Aquarius | GULA (HORNED BEAST) |
29. | Pisces | DILGAN U RIKIS NUNI (WEAPON) |
30. | Sun | SHAMASH |
30. | Fire | AG |
30. | Saturn | KAIMANU |
30. | (bis) Earth | KIA |
30. | (bis) Spirit | ZI |