[[319]] Babylonian and Assyrian Religion, pp. 63 and 83.
[[320]] When the King of Assyria transported the Babylonians, &c., to Samaria "the men of Cuth made Nergal", 2 Kings, xvii, 30.
[[321]] Babylonian and Assyrian Religion, p. 80.
[[322]] Indian Myth and Legend, p. 13.
[[323]] Derived from the Greek zōon, an animal.
[[324]] The Hittites, pp. 116, 119, 120, 272.
[[325]] "The sun... is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race." (Psalm xix, 4 et seq.) The marriage of the sun bridegroom with the moon bride appears to occur in Hittite mythology. In Aryo-Indian Vedic mythology the bride of the sun (Surya) is Ushas, the Dawn. The sun maiden also married the moon god. The Vedic gods ran a race and Indra and Agni were the winners. The sun was "of the nature of Agni". Indian Myth and Legend, pp. 14, 36, 37.
[[326]] Or golden.
[[327]] The later reference is to Assyria. There was no Assyrian kingdom when these early beliefs were developed.
[[328]] Primitive Constellations, R. Brown, jun., vol. ii, p. 1 et seq.