Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities PDF
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT DEITIES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT - ---. -- -_.-- ._._ -_ . - - DEITIES by CHARLES RUSSELL COULTER and PATRICIA TURNER i~ ~~o~;~;n~fi~up New York London Copyright © 2000 by Patricia Turner and estate of Charles Russell Coulter Published by special arrangement with McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. First published in the USA and UK 2000 by FITZROY DEARBORN PUBLISHERS 919 North Michigan Avenue — Suite 760 Chicago, IL 60611 U.S.A. 310 Regent Street London W1R 5AJ England This edition published 2012 by Routledge Routledge Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group 711 Third Avenue 2 Park Square, Milton Park New York, NY 10017 Abingdon,Oxon, OX14 4RN Library of Congress and British Library Cataloging-in-Publiaction Data are available ISBN 1-57958-270-2 In memory of Charles Russell Coulter —Patrieia, Twruer TABLE OF CONTENTS On Alphabetization and Spelling ix Preface 1 The Encyclopedia 3 Bibliography 527 Index 535 vii ON ALPHABETIZATION AND SPELLING The Encyclopedia Proper regulating the spelling or form of any name appearing secondarily within the text of an entry. In some cases a For a number of reasons having to do with the inter- "most common form" was not identifiable or was con- mingling of Western name styles, indigenous and non- sidered a matter of cultural or linguistic bias or in some Western styles, phrases in English, and alternate name way was almost entirely subjective; in these cases, one forms (including, for instance, two or more elements main entry form was simply chosen and the others sub- closed up as one word, such elements linked with ordinated as "see" references. hyphens, and such elements separated as two words), it was determined that the most useful alphabetization scheme would be what is commonly known as word-by- The Index word (as opposed to letter-by-letter spread over any num- ber of words or word parts). In this scheme, in the ency- The index must serve numerous purposes, not least clopedia proper, two or more elements linked by hyphens of which is as an alternate to or clarification of the main are treated as separate words (the hyphen being purely a entry alphabetization sequence. Accordingly, it is arranged recent Western orthographical construct). similarly, in a word-by-word fashion, but with hyphen- Thus in the encyclopedia (i.e., main) portion of the ated forms now considered one word (so that the reader book, "Aka, Aka-Kanet, Aka Maneh, Akadja" is one has additional opportunities to locate a name form for sequence and "Ti-yu, Tiamat" is another. which they search). Many, probably most of the entry names have two Thus, there appears the sequence or more spellings (as distinct from the matter of two or Aka Akadja Akalo more elements closed up, hyphenated or separated). This Aka Manah A-Kahiwahiwa Aka-Manah is especially true of names that have for a long time been Aka Mano Aka-Kanet Akamas a part of or adapted by Western culture (e.g., Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese). Some names have four and the sequence to six or even more alternate spellings or similar versions. All Al-lat Alligator Many but not all alternate versions of a name are All Merciful The Allath Alloprosallos entered into the main entry sequence as "see" references. All Pitying One Allatu All-pervader The one entry to which they all refer may well list yet All Sinned One All-Caring All-seeing additional spellings or alternate forms of a name. Allah All-Devouring almond trees In effect there has been, out of necessity, an effort Allat Allecto in many but not all cases to discover or decide upon the most common form of a name for purposes of deter- Virtually all alternate spellings and forms of a name mining where in the alphabetical sequence a main entry appear in the index (whereas in the encyclopedia proper shall appear. No similar effort was, however, extended to only several of what were determined to be the most ix
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