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Labartu (la-bär´tü), the, a mountain hag, [68]; as a luck spirit, [77]. Labashi-Marduk (la´ba-shi-mar´dük), King of Babylonia, [492]. "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", Ishtar as, [174], [175]. Lachamu (lach-ä´mü), goddess, in Creation legend, [37], [138], [143]. Lachmu (lach´mü), god, in Creation legend, [37], [138], [143]. Lagash (lä´gash), city of, early rulers of, [115] et seq.; deities of, [116]-[118] ; relations with Umma, [118]-[120] ; site of at Tello, [120]; revolution in, [120]; Urukagina, the reformer of, [121]-[124] ; sack of, [124]; Gudea, King of, [129]; sculptures, buildings, and trade of, [130]; bearded god of, [135], [136]; burning of in Hammurabi Age, [243]. Also Shir-pür´lä. Lakshmi (lăksh´mee), the Indian eternal mother, [101]. Lamassu (la´mas-sü), the winged bull, [65]. Lamb, the sacrificed, inspiration from blood of, [48]. Land laws, in early Sumeria, [26]; of Babylonia, [229], [230]. Lang, Andrew, on Cronos, [64]; on father and son myth, [158]; on Greek star lore, [319]. Langdon, Dr., Sumerian psalms, [96] et seq.; on Ninip and Enlil, [158]; on doves and goddesses, [428]. Language, race and, [3]; Sumerians, Chinese, Turks, Magyars, Finns, and Basques compared, [3]. Larsa (lär´sä), sun god chief deity of, [40]; revolt against Isin, [132]; Rim-Sin, king of, [133]; rise of sun cult of, [240]; Elamite kings of, [242]; the Biblical Ellasar, [247]; Nabonidus and, [492]. Laurin (law´reen), the Germanic elfin lover, [68]. Law courts, in Hammurabi Age, [223]. Layard, Sir A.H., discoveries of, [xix] et seq.; Ashur symbols, [343]; description of Kalkhi, [399]-[401] . "Lay of the Harper", the Sumerian "Song of the Sea Lady" and, [178], [179]. Lead, in northern Mesopotamia, [25]. Lebanon, Gudea of Lagash gets timber from, [130]. Leicestershire wind hag, [73]. Library, Shalmaneser III founded at Kalkhi, [422]. Libyans, the, shaving customs of, [9]. Life, the water of, [44], [45]; the plant of, [44]; blood and sap and, [45]; liver as seat of, [48]; habits of and modes of thought, [51]. Light on head, Merodach's, [145]. Li´la or Li´lu, the demon, [67]. Li´lith, "Adam's first wife", [67]; Indian Surpanaka like, [67]. Linen, manufactured in prehistoric Egypt, [14]. Lion god, Nergal as the, [54]. Lions, associated with mother goddess, [120]. Liver, the, as seat of life, [48]; dragon's vulnerable part, [153]. Loftus, W.K., [xx]. Loki, the Germanic god, taunts goddesses regarding lovers, [102], [103]; god Barleycorn and, [170]. "Long Meg", the English giantess, [155], [156]; "Long Tom" and, [156]. "Long Tom", the giant, guns called, [156]. Love charms and love lyrics, [238]. Love goddess, Ishtar as, [99], [175], [176]; the inconstancy of, [99] et seq., [102], [103], [104]. Lovers, the demon, [67], [68]. Lucian (loosh´yan), Semiramis legend, [425]. Lucifer, Babylonian king as, [331]. Luck, spitting to secure, [46] et seq.; spirits of, [77]. Lugal-zaggisi (lü´gal-zag´gi-si), King of Umma, sack of Lagash by, [123], [124]; gods of, [124]; Kish captured by, [124]; Erech capital of empire of, [124], [125]; supposed invasion of Syria by, [125]. Lulubu (lül´ü-bü), mountaineers, [128]. Lunar chronology, solar chronology preceded by, [312]; "Four Quarters", [323], [324]. Lunar zodiac, the original, [309]. Lycia, god had wife in, [221]. Lydia, emissaries from to Ashur-banipal, [483]; helps Egypt against Assyria, [486]; alliance with Egypt against Cyrus, [494].