Primordial stage of the universe (2)

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Berossus, Babyloniaca F1:
Bulls were also born (in primordial times) with human heads and four-bodied dogs with fish tails growing from their hind quarters,and dog-headed horses and men and other beings with the heads and bodies of horses and the tails of fish and still other creatures with the forms of all sorts of beasts. In addition to these there were fish and creeping things and snakes and many other creatures, marvellous and having appearances differing from each other, votive images of which are found in the temple of Bel. Over all these ruled a woman by the name of Homoroka; in Chaldean it is Thalatth, but in Greek it is translated as ‘Thalassa’ (= the Sea), or ‘Selene’ according to numerical value.

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Berossus, Babyloniaca F1

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Amar Annus

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