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Myths & legends of Babylonia & Assyria

by Lewis Spence & Evelyn Paul (Illustrator)

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English
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"Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria" by Lewis Spence is a book published in 1916. This work presents a curated selection of ancient Mesopotamian myths and legends, including the Gilgamesh Epic, alongside historical background of these civilizations. Spence draws comparisons to Western culture to make the material accessible to British readers. While critics noted inaccuracies and over-reliance on questionable sources, the book offers detailed explorations of Babylonian and Assyrian religion, mythology, and their lasting influence on law, literature, and surrounding cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and project-gutenberg matched “folklore”, “Legends”, and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the title, “Legends” in the description, “Mythology” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Legends”· via Open Library
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Legends”· in title
    • “Legends”· in description
    • “Mythology”· in description
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Cults”. Retained metadata contains “Cults” in the subject metadata.

    • “Cults”· via Open Library
    • “Cults”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 26 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Open Library record

1916Frederick A. Stokes CompanyEnglish—Public

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2014-03-15Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Open Library reports 26 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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