I'm sure you're right about him restoring the indigenous Sumerian religious practices aswell as incorporating the Amorite traditions too. The Gudeans, then, I believe, took Akkad, although they didn't seem to bother with restoring the indigenous culture/religious practices after the fall of the Sargonic dynasty.
I have a question though, are you sure astrology was originally as important to these people as it became during the 2nd Millenium BC? I feel it's an alien concept. The cosmic myth itself is not astrological technically speaking. The stars are only used (like any mythical archetype) to transmit certain initiatic information.
I dunno, but I supposes it would make sense that Anu, the Sky God, would be king of the gods, decreeing their fates, considering he is the night sky and the stars, the fates, are his domain.
Keep up the good work, your helping me make sense of the compicated relationships between the thousands of gods.
Now all I need to find out is what the god of digging canal ditches really is. Or maybe he really does just dig ditches, who knows.
I have a question though, are you sure astrology was originally as important to these people as it became during the 2nd Millenium BC? I feel it's an alien concept. The cosmic myth itself is not astrological technically speaking. The stars are only used (like any mythical archetype) to transmit certain initiatic information.
I dunno, but I supposes it would make sense that Anu, the Sky God, would be king of the gods, decreeing their fates, considering he is the night sky and the stars, the fates, are his domain.
Keep up the good work, your helping me make sense of the compicated relationships between the thousands of gods.
Now all I need to find out is what the god of digging canal ditches really is. Or maybe he really does just dig ditches, who knows.
