تأليه الملوك و ظاهرة الملك البديل في العراق القديم

Abstract EN

Faith is a characteristic of the people of Mesopotamia, where the ancient Iraqi man was a believer and obedient to God in all cases, and this encouraged the emergence of some of the phenomena interpreted by historians as an integral part of the civilization of this country and ancient history, and these phenomena are the manifestations of the kings themselves The second was the result of divination and prophecy of omen.

In the case of any evil harbinger concerning the king, as a rule, Eclipse of the sun or lunar eclipse Or a palm reading or examination of the liver of an animal sacrificed to him, and appeared without the body known, count this as a warning to the king, which necessitates replacing him with someone acting on his duties and wearing his clothes and sleep in his sleep for a month or a hundred days or until the end of danger to the king, The alternative king is .sacrificed to redeem his master Lengua king of the country