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Chaldean magic : its origin and development

eBook, English, 1999
S. Weiser, York Beach, Me., 1999
1 online resource (xii, 414, 18 pages)
9781609253806, 1609253809
826660333
ContentsAuthor's Preface
Editor's Preface
Chap. I.—The Magic and Sorcery of the Chaldeans
Chap. II.—The Chaldean Demonology
Chap. III.—Chaldean Amulets and their Uses
Chap. IV.—Chaldean Sorcery and its Dual Nature
Chap. V.—Comparison of the Egyptian with the Chaldean Magic
Chap. VI.—Contrasts between Egyptian and Chaldean Magical Systems
Chap. VII.—The Magic of the Ritual of the Dead
Chap. VIII.—Contrasts between Accadian and Egyptian Magic
Chap. IX.—The Chaldaio-Babylonian religion and its doctrines
Chap. X.—Development of the Chaldean Mythology
Chap. XI.—The religious System of the Accadian Magic Books
Chap. XII.—The Origin of the Myth of the Zi
Chap. XIII.—The Mythology of the Underworld
Chap. XIV.—The Religions and the Magic of the Turanian Nations
Chap. XV.—The Early Median Mythology compared with that of the Chaldeans
Chap. XVI.—Finno-Tartarian Magical Mythology
Chap. XVII.—Further Analysis of Finnish Demonology
Chap. XVIII.—The Accadian People and their Language
Chap. XIX.—The Accadian Language
Chap. XX.—Differentiation of the Accadian and its allied Languages
Chap. XXI.—Altaic affinities of the Accadian Language
Chap. XXII.—Accadian and Altaic affinities
Chap. XXIII.—Phonology of the Accadian Language
Chap. XXIV.—The origin of the Kushito-Semitic religion
Chap. XXV.—The two Ethnic elements in the Babylonian nation
Chap. XXVI.—The Origin of the Chaldaio-Babylonian Cosmogonies
Chap. XXVII.—The Priority of the Accadian Population of Chaldea
Chap. XXVIII.—The Sumirían Influence in Chaldean and Babylonian Civilization
Chap. XXIX.—The Influence of the Kushite Mythology in Chaldean Faith
Chap. XXX.—The Turanians in Chaldea and Ancient Asia
Chap. XXXI.—The Archaic Legislation of the Accadians
Appendix.—Sumir and Accad
Index.
Originally published: London : Bagster and Sons, 1878