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January 9, 2008 at 9:21 am japanizu vorree barru kitteh izu shawin azu teh soomashu attaku!
invisible volleyball serve - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I'm gonna revert to emo-azu for a while, and probably wont be submitting much unless its angsty stuff.
eros-archer Diary Entry eros-archer 2006
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Nin-azu, the consort of Ereš-ki-gal, probably as "lord physician."
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Theophilus Goldridge Pinches 1895
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It is more plausible that a god like Nin-azu was understood under 'the god of the great city.'
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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[1234] IIR. 57, 51a, a star, Nin-azu, is entered as one of the names of the planet Ninib.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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_Nin-azu_, "god of the great city," 592; associated with Allatu, 586, 590; god of healing, 590; identified with Ninib, 591.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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A god associated with the nether world who again appears to be a solar deity is Nin-azu.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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But while the revivification of nature controls the conception of gods of healing, like Nin-azu, Ninib, and Gula, the extension of the idea would lead, naturally, to the association of these gods with the ruler of the nether world, at a time when it was still believed that this ruler could be moved by appeals to loosen her hold upon those whom she was about to drag to her kingdom.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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The phase of the sun symbolized by Nin-azu is, as in the case of Tammuz and others, the sun of the springtime and of the morning.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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Nin-azu had to yield his privilege to be the husband of Allatu.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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