Commercial literature in syllabaries, [135].
Cosmology, [247], [407] ff.;
the Tiâmat episode, [140];
two or more versions of creation, [141]-2, [407]-8;
literary-religious character of, [247];
rise and development of cosmological speculations, [249];
distinction between popular and scholastic c., [249]-50, [442]-3;
distinction as to contents and form, [250];
historical kernel, [250];
c. deities antecedent to the known gods of the B.-A. pantheon, [417];
not creatio ex nihilo, but evolution of chaos to order, the keynote of c, [418], [442];
similarities with Biblical account, [409], [433], [435], [451];
creation of heaven, [435], [443];
of sun, [435];
of moon, [436];
of earth, [443];
of mankind, [443];
second version, its similarities with and dissimilarities from the first version, [444] ff.;
the gods of Nippur, Erech, Eridu, the original creators of the universe, Marduk a later introduction, [449]-50;
the mountain Mashu and the cosmological conceptions, [489];
see [Creation epic].
Court of the World, name of temple, [641].
Creation epic,
purpose of, [409];
similarity with the Biblical account, [409], [433];
literary form, [409] ff.;
a nature myth, [432]-3;
representation of sun, [461];
see [Cosmology].
Ctesias, source for B.-A. religion, [1], [4].
Cult and worship, cf. Festivals and Rituals;
organization, [115], [133], [234];
gods in cult and in invocations, [238];
revival of old c. in Neo-Bab. period, [242]-3;
tree-worship, [688]-9;
compounded of popular belief and theology, [689].
Cuneiform, see Wedge writing.
Cuthah, ancient center, [35];
= Tell-Ibrahim, [65];
cult and temple Nergal (see Laz), [65], [164], [218], [563], [583], [648], [667];
a designation for the nether-world, [563], [570];
synonymous with netherworld, [583].
Cuthaeans, [532].
Cyrus, captures Babylon, [4], [45];
adopts Babylonian religion, [45], [650].