[Footnote 9: "Ner-gal," director of the storms, the giant King of War, the strong begetter.]
[Footnote 10: "Rimmon," the god of storms and hurricanes.]
[Footnote 11: "Nin-a-zu," the goddess of fate and death.]
[Footnote 12: "Zi-pis-au-ni," spirits of the papyri, or reeds.]
[Footnote 13: Mountain range of Zu. The ancient name is unknown, but as Susa takes its name from Zu, the divine bird of the storm-cloud, we have given the mountains of Susiana their probable ancient name.]
[Footnote 14: "Dib-bara" ("the darkening one"), the son of Nuk-khu. He is supposed to have been the viceroy of Khumbaba, and led the attack upon Erech.]
[Footnote 15: "Nuk-hu," or "Nuk-khu," the god of darkness and sleep. He is sometimes called "Cus-u.">[
[Footnote 16: "Suk-ha," wood or grove, or a forest.]
[Footnote 17: "Hal-ca!" "Go!">[
[Footnote 18: "Ca is-kab-bu! va kal-bu!" "Thou fool and dog!" "Ca" ("thou") is the short form of "cat-ta" or "ca'a"; generally it appears as "at-ta.">[