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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea

CHAPTER VII
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His symbol has not yet been recognized.
The wife of Nebo, as already observed, was Varamit or Urmit--a word which perhaps means "exalted," from the root on, "to be lifted up." No special attributes are ascribed to this goddess, who merely accompanies her husband in most of the places where he is mentioned by name.
Such, then, seem to have been the chief gods worshipped by the early Chaldaeans.

It would be an endless as well as an unprofitable task to give an account of the inferior deities.

Their name is "Legion;" and they are, for the most part, too vague and shadowy for effective description.

A vast number are merely local; and it may be suspected that where this is the case the great gods of the Pantheon come before us repeatedly, disguised under rustic titles.

We have, moreover, no clue at present to this labyrinth, on which, even with greater knowledge, it would perhaps be best for us to forbear to enter; since there is no reason to expect that we should obtain any really valuable results from its exploration.
A few words, however, may be added upon the subject of the Chaldaean cosmogony.


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