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Gabriel, Abraham rescued from Nimrod's pyre by, [349], [350]. Gaga (gä´ga), messenger of Anshar, [143]. Gallu (gäl´lü), as "foreign devil", [65]-[67] . Gandash (gän´dash), Kassite king, [271]. Ganga (găng´ä), the Indian goddess, as king's lover, [68]. "Garden of Adonis", [171], [172]. Gardens, the Hanging, of Babylon, [220]. Garstang, Professor, on fall of Hatti and god cult, [268]; on Totemic Adonis boar, [293], [294]; Hittite Sandan disk, [348]. Garuda (găr-ood´ă), Indian eagle god, Zu bird and, [xxvi]; myth of, [74], [75]; Etana eagle and, [165]; sons of, [166]; identified with Agni, Brahma, Indra, Yama, &c, [168], [169]; wheel of life and, [346], [347]. Gauls, Hittite raiders like the, [261]; gods of and the Babylonian, [316], [317]. Germ theory, anticipatedby Babylonians, [61], [234]. Germany, double-headed eagle of, [168]; the Baghdad railway, [357]. Gezer cave dwellings, [10]; cremation practised in, [11]. Ghosts, "wind gusts" as, [48], [49]; associated with demons, [60], [215], [216]; as birds, [65]; as death bringers, [69], [295]; the terrible mothers, [69]; where dreaded and where invoked, [69], [70]; Babylonian "night prowlers", [70]; food required by, [70], [212], [213]; Ishtar's threat to raise, [215]; King of Cuthah and, [215], [216]; as "Fates" and enemies of the living, [295]; worship of, [295]; Orion and Jupiter as, [305]. Giants, the British Alban, [42]; the Babylonian, [71]; graves of, [296]. Gibil (gi´bil), fire god, Nusku and, [353]. Gilgamesh (gil´gä-mesh), the Babylonian Hercules, [41]; revelation of ghost to, [48], [49], [183], [184]; quest of, [164]; birth legend of, [171]; eagle rescues, [171]; lord of Erech, [172]; coming of Ea-bani, [173]; Ishtar's fatal love of, [174]; "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", [174], [175]; Ishtar spurned by, [99], [176]; Ishtar's bull slain, [176]; death of Ea-bani, [176]; quest of Water of Life and Plant of Life, [177]; the mountain tunnel and Sea of Death, [178]; song of the Sea Lady, [178], [179]; reaches Pir-napishtim's island, [180]; ancestor's revelation to and magic food, [182]; plant of life, [183]; Earth Lion robs, [183]; Germanic gods and heroes and, [184], [185]; flood legend revealed to, [190] et seq.; Tammuz and, [210]; Ashur and, [336]; Persian eagle and, [493]. Gillies, Dr. Cameron, on Scottish folk cures, [232], [233]. Gira (gi´ra), the god, [42]. Girru (gir´rü), the fire god, [49]. Gish Bär, the fire god, [49]. Goat, inspiration from blood of, [48]; demons enter the, [71]; on Lagash vase, [120]; the six-headed, [332]; the satyr or astral goat man, [333]; the white kid of Tammuz, [85], [333]; the Arabic "kid" star, [333]; associated with Anshar, Agni, Varuna, Ea, and Thor, [329], [333], [334]; forehead symbol of like Apis symbol, [334]; Minerva's shield has skin of, [337]. Goblin, the Babylonian, [66]. God, the Dead, grave of Osiris, [296]; also alive and in various forms, [297]. God cult, fusion of with goddess cult, [105]. Goddesses, at once mothers, wives, and daughters of gods, [99], [101], [436]; husbands of die annually, [101] et seq.; lovers of various, [102]; of Mediterranean racial tribes, [105]; Ishtar as "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", [174]-[176]; the Semiramis legend, [417] et seq. Gods, Babylonian and Egyptian groups, [36], [37]; the younger and elder, [149]; why Sumerian were bearded, [135]-[137] . Goodspeed, Professor, on early astronomy, [321], [322]. Gorgons, the, Tiamat and, [159]. Graves, charms and weapons in, [206]; as houses of dead, [206], [208]; of gods and giants, [296]. Great Mother, the, forms of, [36]; Hittite and Sumerian forms, [267]; Anaitis, Ate, Cybele, Ishtar, Isis, Astarte, Ashtoreth, and Atargatis, [267]; Kadesh, Anthat, and Danu, [268]. Greece, spitting customs in, [46], [47]; blood drinking in, [48]; wanton goddesses of, [104]; imported gods in, [105]; dragon myths of, [151], [152]; eagle connected with birth and death in, [168]; flood legend of, [195], [196]; "Island of Blessed", [203]; star myths of, [300]; Babylonian culture reached through Hittites, [306]; doctrine of world's ages, [310] et seq.; pre-Hellenic beliefs in, [84], [104], [317]; astrology in, [318] et seq.; astronomy in, [316], [319] et seq.; in pre-Phrygian period, [386]; fusion of races in, [393]. Greeks of Cilicia, Ashur-bani-pal and, [484]. See Ionians. Green, a supernatural colour, [186]. "Grey Eyebrows", a Gaelic hag, [87]; myth of, [101]. Gudea (gü´de-a), King of Lagash, sculptures, buildings, and trade of, [xxiii], [129], [130]; bearded gods of, [136]. Gula (goo´lä), mother goddess, [100]; Bau and, [116]; feast of, [476]. Gungunu (gün´gün-ü), King of Ur, [132]. Guns, called after giants "Long Meg" nd "Long Tom", [156]. Gutium (gü´tium), northern mountaineers, [128], [129], [264]; demons and, [307]. Gyges (gȳ´jes), King of Lydia, emissaries of visit Nineveh, [483], [486].