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"Mesopotamian mythology" is the correct title and the convention (see Encyclopaedia Britannica and others.) Sargonious represents himself as an Assyrian nationalist and moved this page (January 13) alone without discussion, explanation. Now I would support a movement for independence of Assyrians and Kurds in Iraq (isn't Iraq naturally three or four countries?), but Encyclopedias are not soap boxes for political pet projects.
How does anyone type in "Assyro-Babylonian mythology" anyway? or perhaps we are to adopt Sumero-Akkado-Assyro-Babylonian mythology to be most precise? Iranian nationalists will of course want to receive recognition for the influence of ancient Persia in the religion of the region, so perhaps Zoroastro-Sumero-Akkado-Assyro-Babylonian mythology would cover all bases. Did I leave anyone out?
Drastic moves like this should be discussed with others and the associated Talk pages should never be destroyed.
Castanea dentata 20:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, definitely move it. "Assyro-Babylonian" is a dumb name. If it's general, it should be "Mesopotamian", and if it's specific, it should be either "Assyrian" or "Babylonian". In fact, we already do have a page on Babylonian mythology. —Keenan Pepper 02:50, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Drastic Editing Needed
Who is responsible for "This accounts for the origin of most of the world as we know it according to the a summary of most of the myths." This is eronious, a POV and needs removal.
John D. Croft 16:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestions
- You need to decide whether the Sumerian or the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) names of the deities should be used in the text. At present, names of Sumerian and Akkadian deities are mixed together; Utu/Shamash, Inanna/Ishtar and Nanna/Sin.
- While there are firm archaeological support for a good description of Sumerian gods and their temples, you should be cautious when dealing with Sumerian mythology. With few exceptions, all religious literature -the myths- known to us were written down in the Old Babylonian period, and later (Enuma elish, Athrahasis, the Gilgamesh epic).
--JFK 19:52, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template of Ancient Mesopotamia
I inserted this article Mesopotamian mythology into the Template:Ancient Mesopotamia, and replaced it with the odd choice Nibiru (see Template talk:Ancient Mesopotamia. I think this article makes a good starting point in the mythology section of the template with a lot of valuable entries. --JFK 16:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I would like to know if whoever it was that wrote the deity section actually speaks English, and is so if they could please at least make the punctuation semi-coherent. Or at least proof-read the thing before posting it.
[edit] Suggestion in dealing with various cultures, etc.
While I support having a general Mesopotamian mythology page, it seems that such a page should be truncated into sections dealing with Sumerians and Babylonians, at least. They're two different time periods and have different takes on the myths that are shared at all. Perhaps the Mesopotamian mythology page could be a general overview, while detailed accounts of the myths could be provided in Sumerian mythology and Babylonian mythology respectively. --Krishva 06:40, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
