[205] Rawlinson, i. 29, 16.
[206] This notion that the ground belongs to the gods, and that man is only a tenant, survives to a late period in Semitic religions. The belief underlies the Pentateuchal enactments regarding the holding of the soil, which is only to be temporary. See W. R. Smith, Religion of the Semites, pp. 91 seq.
[207] In Babylonian, Kallat Eshara, with another play upon her name. See above, p. [173].
[208] I.e., (Protect) his life, O Gula.
[209] Servant of Gula.
[210] See V.R. pl. 60.
[211] To this day in the Orient, fine productions of man's skill are attributed to the influence of hidden spirits, good or bad, as the case may be.
[212] This position does not, of course, exclude the fact that in the original form of the tradition, Tubal-cain, Naamah, and other personages in the fourth chapter of Genesis were deities.