Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Abracadabra" | Assyrians | A charm. It is said that Abracadabra was the supreme deity of the Assyrians. Q. Severus Sammonicus recommended the use of the word as a powerful antidote against ague, flux, and toothache. The word was to be written on parchment, and suspended round the neck by a linen thread. |
"Deluges" | Chinese | The principle ones are: the deluge of Fohi, Chinese. The Satyavrata, of the Indians; the Xisuthrus, of the Assyrians; the Mexican deluge; Noah's Flood and the Greek deluges of Deucalion and Ogyges. |
King name "Nabo or Nebo" | Babylon | One of the divinities of the Assyrians, supposed to be the moon. Many of the kings of Babylon åśśumed the name. |
God name "Shamash" | Assyrians / Babylonians | Sun God and God of righteousness, law and divination. |
King name "Theias" | Greek | A king of the Assyrians, and father of Smyrna, the mother of Adonis. Greek |