Zag-muk, festival of Bau, [59], [677];
festival of Marduk, [127], [631], [678]-9;
festival of En-lil, [678];
festival of Sin, [678];
festival of Nanâ, [678];
propitious time for asking oracles, [628]-9;
spring and fall the time of the z., [678];
compared with Jewish New Year, [687].
Zakar, god, meaning of name, [172];
place of worship, [172];
"wall of Zakar," [172];
relationship to Bel and Belit, [172].
Zamama, god of the 2d Bab. period, [168];
sanctuary to Z. in Kish, [169];
god of battle (identified with Ninib, [640]), [169];
Ninni his consort, [169];
in incantations, [273];
temple of Zamama-Ninib, [640].
Zarmu, son of Bau, [103].
Za-za-uru, son of Bau, [103].
Zikkurat, staged tower, [615];
imitation of mountain, [615];
house of oracle, [622];
names of zikkurats, [638] ff.
Zodiac, z. system outcome of religious thought, [247], [434];
zodiacal interpretation of the gods, [82], [310]-1, [434], [462]-3, [676];
almost the entire zodiac known to the Babylonians, [456].
Zoroastrianism, [45].
Zu, personification of storm, [525], [537];
myth of Zu, [537] ff.;
compared with Tiâmat epic, [543];
explanation of name, [537];
the chief worker of evil, [538];
under the control of Shamash, [538];
robs the tablets of fate, [540];
conquered by Marduk, [542].
Zurghul, city in Babylonia, [578].