PREFACE

LEGENDS OF BABYLON AND EGYPT

LECTURE I—EGYPT, BABYLON, AND PALESTINE, AND SOME TRADITIONAL ORIGINS

LECTURE II — DELUGE STORIES AND THE NEW SUMERIAN VERSION

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE MYTH, AND ACCOUNT OF CREATION

II. THE ANTEDILUVIAN CITIES

III. THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS, AND ZIUSUDU'S PIETY

IV. THE DREAM-WARNING

V. THE FLOOD, THE ESCAPE OF THE GREAT BOAT, AND THE SACRIFICE

VI. THE PROPITIATION OF THE ANGRY GODS, AND ZIUSUDU'S IMMORTALITY

LECTURE III — CREATION AND THE DRAGON MYTH