linguistic affinity between name of Polaris, and word for capital and for north, in Babylonia, [325];

Phœnician name=the serpent, [325];

in Persia, [326];

in Babylonia, “lord or king”, “Great Mountain,” [329];

cult of, in Assyria and Babylonia, [332-339];

among the Israelites, [352];

in Babylonia, highest form developed into monotheism, and lowest form into cult of Ishtar and Bel, [353];

represented in Babylonian temples by a fire in centre of square altar, [362], [363];

Euphratean star-worshippers, [364];

high development of cult in Egypt, [368], [376-382];