Transcriber's Notes:
Ellipses match the original except in poetry quotations where a short line represents an ellipses.
Pages vi, 1, 48, 93, 101, 109, 128, 146, 147, 228, 267, 317, 321, and 349 are blank in the original.
The following corrections have been made to the text:
Page 29: not a Creation myth at all.[period missing in original]
Page 27: shows the god Anšar[original has the letter s with a breve]
Page 89: representing the sun[original has son] and moon
Page 140: place of an actual star into a horoscope;[semi-colon missing in original]
Page 176: gods and the spirits of heaven.[period missing in original]
Page 176: '[quotation mark missing in original]What, has a soul escaped?
Page 176: '[original has double quote]Thou sage of the gods, warrior
Page 206: "[quotation mark missing in original]I have given thee for meat
Page 260: "tail" of the Great Bear[original has extraneous quotation mark]
Page 374: and it was now noon,[comma missing in original] the noon
Page 389: fifteen Psalms (cxx.-cxxxiv.)[original has (cxx.-cxxxiv).]
Page 405: Allen, R. H. 221,[comma missing in original] 222
Page 405: "Alroy" 278[original has 221]
Page 407: Hommel[original has Hömmel], Dr. 240
Page 410: Tavthê[original has Tavthé], see Tiamat