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Nabonidus (na-bo´nid-us), King of Babylonia, religious innovations of, [492], [493]; relations with Cyrus, [494], [495]. Näbo-pol-äs´sar, King of Babylon, [487]; alliance of with Medes, [488]; fall of Nineveh, [488]; Cyaxares the ally of, [493]. Nabu (nä´bü). See Nebo. Nabu-aplu-iddin (na´bu-ap-lu-id´din), King of Babylon, [408]. Nabu-na´id, King of Babylonia. See Nabonidus. Nadab (na´dab), King of Israel, [403]. Nahum, the doom of Nineveh, [477], [478], [488]. Naki´a, queen mother of Esarhaddon, [470]; reigns in absence of Esarhaddon, [472]; coronation of Ashur-bani-pal, [480]. Namtar (näm´tar), demon of disease, smites Ishtar in Hades, [97]. Nana (nä´nä), goddess of Erech, [124], [125]; statue of 1635 years in Elam, [485]. Nannar (nän´nar), moon god, origin of name of, [52]; consort and children of, [53]; as father of Isis, [100]; as a bisexual deity, [161], [299]; cult of in Kish, [241]; as bull of heaven, [334]; Ishtar and, [436]. See Moon and Sin. Naram-Sin (nä´ram-sin), King of Akkad, famous stele of, [128]; great empire of, [129]; pigtails worn by enemies of, [265]. Naturalism, [xxxiii]; the conception of "self power", [291]; Sumerian and Indian beliefs, [291], [292], [304], [328], [329]; Totemism and, [293] et seq.; various co-existing forms of deities, [297]. Navigation, Sumerians and, [2]. Nebo (nā´bo), protector of Ashur-bani-pal's library, [xxii], [xxiii], [303]; as Mercury, the messenger, [302]; Merodach and Ea and, [303], [435], [436]; as Mermer-Ramman, [303]; month of, [305]; Semiramis inscription, [419], [422]; mother worship and, [434]; spouse of, [436]; small Kalkhi temple of, [487]. Nebuchadrezzar I (ne-bü-chad-rez´zar) of Babylonia, [380]; conquests of, [381]; power of, [382]. Nebuchadrezzar II, Hanging Gardens of, [220], [489]; fiery furnace of, [349]; monotheistic hymn of, [479]; Egyptians routed by, [489]; King of Judah captured by, [490]; takes Jews captive, [491], [492]. Necho, the Pharaoh, Asiatic campaigns of, [489]; rout of by Nebuchadrezzar, [489], [490]. Necho of Sais, Assyrian governor in Egypt, [475]; Ashur-bani-pal and, [482]; slain by Ethiopians, [483]. Neheb-Kau (ne´heb-kä´ü), Egyptian serpent goddess, [150]. Nehemiah in the Susan palace, III; restoration of Jews, [496]. Neith, Egyptian cult of, [105]; her arrows of fertility, [337]; "shuttle" of a thunderbolt, [337] n. Neolithic Age. See Stone Age, the Late. Neolithic folk tales, [156]. Nepthys (nep´thys) mourning for Osiris, [83]; laments with Isis for Osiris, [99]; as joint mother of Osiris, [99]; as serpent goddess, [150]. Neptune, connection of with Ea, Dagon, &c, [33]; the horn of, [238]. Nereids (nē´rē-ids), the, [33]; the Babylonian, [34]; as demon lovers, [68]. Nergal (ner´gäl), solar god of disease, [53]; as King of Hades, [53], [54]; Yama and, [56]; as Destroyer, [62], [63], [303]; like Teutonic Bell, [95]; as form of Merodach, [160]; conflict with Eresh-ki-gal, [205]; as planet Mars, [303]; Horus and Ares and, [304]; like Agni, [304]; Osiris and Tammuz and, [304]; month of, [305]; as "high head", [334]; worship of in Samaria, [455]. Nergal-shar-utsur (ü´tsür), King of Babylonia, [492]. Nidaba (ni´da-ba), goddess of Lugal-zaggisi, [124]. Nightmare, Babylonian demon of, [68], [69]. Nimrod, eagle myth regarding, [167]; agricultural myth of, [170]; John Barleycorn and, [170], [170]n.; the Biblical "mighty hunter", [276]; as Ni-Marad (Merodach), [277], [343]; the fires of, [350]; Asshur and, [354]. Nimrud. See Kalkhi. Nina (ni´na), the fish goddess, Ishtar as, [100]; at Lagash, [117], [118], [327]; Derceto and Atargatis and, [277]; goddess of Nineveh, [327], [423]; creatrix and, [437]; Persian Anahita and, [496]. Nineveh, excavations at, [xix]; called after Nina, fish goddess, [100], [423]; King Ninus and, [424]; Biblical reference to origin of, [276], [277]; Semiramis legend of origin of, [277]; plundered by King of Mitanni, [280]; observatory at, [321]; Ashur and, [354]; palace of Ashur-natsir-pal III at, [399]; Ionians deported from Cilicia to, [464]; as Babylon's rival, [469]; Esarhaddon's Ashur temple at, [476]; Nahum's prophecy, [477], [478]; Ashur-bani-pal's palace and library at, [487]; fall of, [488]; Scythian legend, [488]. Nin-Girsu (nin-gir´su), the god of Lagash, Ninip and Tammuz and, [53], [115], [116], [333]; Ur-Nina and, [117], [118]; Urukagina, the reformer, and, [121] et seq.; famous silver vase from temple of, [120]; lion-headed eagle of, [120]; Gudea's temple to, [130]; Shamash and Babbar and, [132]; development of, [135]; eagle of, [168]; Merodach and Zamama and, [126], [241]. Ninip (nin´ip, or Nin´ib), as Nirig and destroying sun, [53]; Zamama identified with, [126]; during Isin Dynasty, [132]; in flood legend, [190] et seq.; father and son myth, [158], [302]; as bull god and boar god, [302], [334]; month of, [305]; the boar and, [315]; as Kronos and Saturn, as elder and younger Horus, [316]. Nin´-shach, Babylonian boar god, [86]. Nin´-sun, as destroying goddess, [57], [100]. Nin´tü, the Babylonian serpent mother, [76]; Tiamat and, [150]. Ninus, king, legendary founder of Nineveh, [277], [424]; Semiramis and, [424], [425]. Nin´yas, son of Semiramis, [426]. Nippur (nip´pur), Enlil god of, [35]; Ninip the Destroyer advances against, [53]; Ramman, Hadad or Dadu and, [57]; Ur-Nina and, [116], [117]; Lugal-zaggisi and, [124]; Ur moon god at, [130]; Ea's temple at, [131]; Isin kings from, [132], [133]; Kassites showed preference for, [218]; observatory at, [321]; Kheber (Chebar) canal near, [344]. Nirig (ni´rig), as Ninip and destroying sun, [53]. See Ninip. Nisroch, the Biblical, Ashur as, [343], [470]. Njord (nyerd), the Eddic sea god, [33]. Noah, the Babylonian, [27]. Nü, the Egyptian god, the crocodile as [29]; Sumerian form of, [36], [37]; vaguer than Nut, [106]. Nudimmud (nü´dim-müd). See Ea. Nüsk´ü, the god, as fire deity, [49], [50], [51]; as messenger of gods, [50], [53]; connection of with sea fire, [50], [51]; association of with sun and moon gods, [50], [353]; identified with Nirig and Tammuz, [354]. Nut (noo´it), the Egyptian goddess, [36]; Tiamat as, [37]; as mother of Osiris, [101]; Nu vaguer than, [106].