Gamlat, in Ass. pantheon, [188].
Ganymede and Etana, [523].
Ga-tum-dug, goddess, [51];
similar to Bau, [61];
worship at Lagash, [61], [635];
in Gudea's pantheon, [106], [635].
Gate of Widespread Splendor, seat of Sarpanitum in E-Sagila, [121], [241], [636], [641].
Gegunu, epithet of Aralû, [563].
Genealogical systematization of Old Bab. pantheon according to Amiaud, [109].
Genesis, see [Cosmology].
Gibil, fire-god, E-la-li, perhaps an epithet, [170];
in Ass. pantheon, [189];
amalgamated with Nusku, [220], [227];
in incantations, [273], [277];
older than Nusku, [277];
epithets, [277], [280];
a mythological conception, [277], [279];
G.-Nusku, god of civilization, [278];
medium betw. worshipper and deity, [279];
associated with Anu, [277];
associated with Bel and Ea, [279];
associated with Nin-gish-zida, [463];
identified with Nergal, [594].
Gil, attendant of Nergal and Allatu, [588];
god of foliage, [588].
Gilgamesh, hero of the Bab. epic, [83], [468] ff.;
in incantations, [282], [284], [470];
mythological explanation of, [282], [486]-7;
with omens, [387];
solar deity, [470]-1, [515];
king of the earth, [471];
born in Marada, [473];
conquers Uruk, [473], [513];
created by Aruru, [473]-4;
Shamash (see [Lugal-Marada]), his patron, [471], [479];
love affair with Ishtar, [481] ff.;
Lugal-Marada, his patron (see [Shamash]), [486];
conquers Khumbaba, [480], [514];
G.'s contest with the bull, [486], [514], [537];
contest with lion, [488], [514];
Gilgamesh half divine, half human, [490], [514];
G. and Sabitum, [490]-1;
G. and Parnapishtim, [492] ff.;
points of contact with O. T., [495], [515]-6;
G. and Eabani, [510], [565];
seeking immortality and the secret of life after death, [513];
parallelism with Samson, [516];
parallelism with Hercules, [516];
Gilgamesh and Alexander the Great, [469], [516];
G. in Aelian, [469], [524];
G.'s grandfather Sokkaros, [524].