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Text Appearing Before Image: syrians are constantly described as the servants of Asshur, and their enemies as the enemiesof Asshur. The Assyrian religion is the worship of Asshur.No similar phrases are used with respect to any of the othergods of the Pantheon. We can scarcely doubt that originally the god Asshur wasthe great progenitor of the race, Asshur, the son of Shem,^deified. It was not long, however, before this notion was lost,and Asshur came to be viewed simply as a celestial being—thefirst and highest of all the divine agents who ruled over heavenand earth. It is indicative of the (comparatively speaking)elevated character of Assyrian polytheism that this exaltedand awful deity continued from first to last the main object ofworship, and was not superseded in the thoughts of men bythe lower and more intelligible di\inities, such as Shamas andSin, the Sun and Moon, Nergal the God of War, Nin the Godof Hunting, or Vul the wielder of the thunderbolt. The favorite emblem under which the Assyrians appear to Text Appearing After Image: Plate. XCVI Vol. I.
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