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...il]], located in Tummal, a block of the [[Nippur]] city. In [[Mesopotamian mythology]], Gilgamesh is credited with having been a [[demigod]] of superhuman stren ...y Might Be Giants]] song "The Mesopotamians". the song also alludes to the Mesopotamian kings [[Sargon]], [[Hammurabi]], and [[Ashurbanipal]]. Gilgamesh fears deat

...natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. '''Mythology''' also refers to the branch of [[knowledge]] dealing with the collection, ...least since Tocqueville compared American society to 'a vast lottery', our mythology of business has celebrated risk-taking." The adjective ''mythical'' dates t

...e hundred new [[sojourners]] on [[Urantia]]. And much of your subsequent [[mythology]] grew out of the garbled legends of these early days when these members of

...r δελφός ''delphus'' "womb" and may indicate archaic veneration of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], Grandmother [[Earth]], and the [[Earth Goddess]] at the site. Apol ...oung, Apollo killed the chthonic [[serpent (symbolism)|serpent]] [[Python (mythology)|Python]], named Pythia in older myths, but according to some later account

The term may mean "God of the [[mountains]]," referring to the Mesopotamian divine mountain.[1] The term was one of the [[patriarchal]] names for the t ...ting a mythical holy mountain, a concept not unknown in ancient West Asian mythology (see El), and also evident in the Syriac Christian writings of Ephrem the S

...For this reason, theories of "origin" are more appropriately described as mythology whether transmitted orally or in written forms . ==Creation Mythology==

...to as "the Earth", "Planet Earth", "[[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]", "[[Terra (mythology)|Terra]]",Note that by [[International Astronomical Union]] convention, the ...hose name in English is not derived from [[Greek mythology|greco]]-[[roman mythology]].

...more than this, they replace the essentially optimistic worldview of the Mesopotamian mythos - "things were not nearly as good to begin with as they have become ...El-names could continue to be used in Genesis, and why Baal - in Canaanite mythology a rival to El who gradually took over the father-god's position - was regar

...e hundred new [[sojourners]] on [[Urantia]]. And much of your subsequent [[mythology]] grew out of the garbled legends of these early days when these members of