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Iberians, the, Sumerians and Egyptians congeners of, [9]; goddesses of, [105]; folk tales of, [156]. Ibis, demons enter the, [71]. Iceland, wind hag of, [73]; Barleycorn a god of, [170]n. Idols, spirit of god or demon in, [61]; gods of taken prisoners, [62]. Idun(ee´doon),Germanic goddess, lovers of, [102]. Igigi (i´gig-i), spirits of heaven, [34], [149]. Ilu-bi´di, smith king of Hamath, [457], [458]. Immortality, quest of Gilgamesh, [177]; Song of the Sea Lady, [178], [179]; Lay of the Harper, [179]; Pir-napishtim and Gilgamesh, [181] et seq..; Ea-hani's revelation, [183]-[184] ; no Babylonian Paradise, [203], [210], [211]; Brahmans ask Alexander the Great for, [208]; Egyptian Ra and Osirian doctrines, [209]. India, Sumerian myths in, [xxvi], [xxvii]; Mediterranean race in, [7]; Brahma-Vishnu and Ea, [27]; Babylonian flood myth in, [27], [28], [196]; demons of and the Babylonian, [34]; mother ghost in, [69]; Garuda eagle and Sumerian Zu bird, [74], [75], [165]-[169] , [330]; wedding bracelet of and Ishtar's, [98], [98]n.; eternal "mothers" and "dying gods" in, [101]; Ribhus the "elves" of, [105]; fairies of, [294]; Gilgamesh myth in, [187]-[189] ; Babylonian culture in, [199], [200], [313]; face paint of gods in, [211]; jungle-dwellers' conception of "Self Power", [291], [304]; star myths of, [296]; early astronomers of, [300]; lunar zodiac of, [309]; constellations identified before planets in, [318]; horse sacrifice in, [309]; sun and moon marriages in, [306]; doctrine of World's Ages in, [310] et seq.; "finger counting" at prayer in, [311]n.; deities connected with goat in, [333]; "man in the eye" belief, [335], [336]; cult of "late invaders" of, [338]; fire cult in, [346]; Solomon's trade with, [389], [390]; Jehoshaphat's fleet, [408]; swans as love messengers in, [429]. "Indo-Europeans", Mitannians as, [269], [270]. Indra (ind´ră), god of India, a world artisan like Ea and Ptah, [30]; Anu's messengers like Maruts of, [34]; Enlil and, [35]; Ramman, Hadad, Thor, &c, and, [57], [261], [340]; in Garuda myth, [74], [75]; dies annually like Tammuz, [101]; various forms of, [101]; as slayer of father, [158], [302]; eagle as, [169]; Paradise of like Odin's, [209]; thunder horn of, [238]. Insects, gods as, [296]. Inspiration, derived from sacred juice, [45]; from drinking blood, [48]; from incense and breath of Apis bull, [49]. Inundation, the Babylonian, [24]. Inverness, the "sleeper" and fairy mound of, [164]. Ionians, deported from Cilicia to Nineveh, [464]. Iranian sun god, Sumerians and, [55], [56]. Ireland, the corn god and river goddess of, [33], [238]; spitting customs in, [47]; "calling back" of souls in, [70], [70]n.; Anu a wind hag, [73]; Tammuz-Diarmid myth in, [85], [87]; Angus, the love god of, [90], [238], [428]n.; the eternal goddess of, [101], [102], [268]; the "morúach" (worm) of, [151]; flood legend of, [196]; the Hades of, [203]; pig as devil in, [293]; doctrine of world's ages in, [310] et seq.; origin of culture of, [315], [316]; giant gods of, [317]; pigeon lore in, [431]. Iron, in northern Mesopotamia, [25]; used in folk cures, [236]. Irrigation, in early Sumeria, [23], [39]. Isaac, forbids Jacob to marry a Hittite, [266]. Isaiah, [21]; doom of Babylonia, [113], [499]; "worm" of, the dragon, [151]; use of Babylonian symbolism by, [331], [341]; "satyrs" referred to by, [333]; on Assyria the Destroyer, [340]; on Topher, [350]; reference to Jerusalem's water supply, [451]; warns Ahaz, [459]; destruction of Sennacherib's army, [466]; tradition of murder of, [474]. Ishbi-Urra (ish´bi-oor´ra), King of Isin, [132]. Ishtar (ish´tar), Isis cult and, [xxxi]; hymn to, [18]-[20] ; Beltu and, [36]; water of life given to, [44]; as earth goddess, [53]; identical with Hathor, [57]; in demon war, [76]; as "Queen of Heaven", [81], [106], [107]; lamentation of for Tammuz, [86], [88], [98]; in Sargon of Akkad myth, [91]; descent of to Hades poem, [95] et seq.; magical ornaments of, [96]; punishment of, [96], [97]; rescue of, [98]; Belit-sheri associated with, [98]; as love goddess, [99]; temple women of, [99], [106], [107]; absorbs other goddesses, [100], [117], [277], [496]; as daughter of Anu and Nannar, [100]; as mother of Tammuz, [100]; the lovers of, [103], [126], [174]-[176] ; like Tiamat, [106]; under Isin Dynasty, [132]; links with Indian and Egyptian goddesses, [157]; Damkina and, [160]; as a bisexual deity, [161]; in Etana legend, [166]; in Gilgamesh legend, [172]-[177] ; in flood legend, [193], [194]; Frey's bride and, [204]; threat to raise dead, [213]; fish goddesses and, [117], [277]; Nineveh image of sent to Egypt, [280]; star of, [295]; changes star forms with Merodach, [299]; month of, [305]; wheel symbol of, [347]; Nineveh temple of destroyed, [363]; worshipped by Nebuchadrezzar I, [382]; cult of in Assyria, [420]; Semiramis and, [425]; as a Fate, [433]; moon god and, [436]; Creatrix and, [437]; worshipped by Sargon II, [463]; worshipped by Esarhaddon, [471]; Persian goddess and, [496]. Ishtarate (ish-tar-ä´te), "Ishtars", goddesses in general called, [100]. Isin, Dynasty of, [131]; early kings of, [132] et seq.; last kings of, [133]; sun worship and, [240]; Dynasty of Pashe, [380]. Isis (ī´sis), goddess of Egypt, Ishtar cult and, [xxxi]; fish goddess and, [29]; as Nile goddess, [33]; creative tears of, [45]; mourning of for Osiris, [83], [99]; as daughter, wife, sister, and mother of Osiris, [99]; as corn goddess, [90]; as serpent goddess, [150]; as bi-sexual deity, [161]; male form of, [299]; the star of, [296], [300]; address of to different forms of Osiris, [297]. "Island of the Blessed", in Gilgamesh epic, [180] et seq.; the Greek and Celtic, [203]. Israel, first Egyptian reference to, [379]; subject to Damascus, [396]; separation of from Judah, [401] et seq.; Abijah's victory over, [402], [403]; first conflict with Assyria, [407]; tribute to Shalmaneser III, [411], [412]; Assyria as "saviour" of, [414], [438], [439]; goddess cult in, [421]; Aramaeans and mother worship in, [434]; war with Judah, [448]; Tiglath-pileser harries, [453]; the lost ten tribes, [455], [456].