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Tammuz in the hymns is called "the pre-eminent steer of heaven", and a popular sacrifice was "a white kid of the god Tammuz", which, however, might be substituted by a sucking pig. Osiris had also associations with swine, and the Egyptians, according to Herodotus, sacrificed a pig to him annually.
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www.sacred-texts.com/ane/mba/mba11.htm
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The 40 days of Lent can be traced to worship of the Babylonian fertility god Tammuz, as well as similar traditions in Egypt (Osiris), Syria (Adonis). There are answers hidden in the Biblical dislike for Tammuz:
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www.datejesus.com/sermons/easter/
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"In Babylonia, the month Tammuz was established in honor of the eponymous god Tammuz, who originated as an Akkadian shepherd-god, Dumuzid or Dumuzi, the consort of Ishtar and the parallel of the Syrian Adonis who was drawn into the Greek pantheon.
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orthoprax.blogspot.com/2005/07/tammuz-pagan-god.html
orthoprax.blogspot.com/2005/07/tammuz-pagan-god.html
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The god, Tammuz, and the goddess, Ishtar, are depicted as the personification of the powers of nature. Their myth is told in relation to the changing of the seasons. Tammuz was the sun god and the god of vegetation. ... The people faced the east and worshipped Tammuz, the sun god, as he was resurrected over the eastern...
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www.thegoodseed.com/worship.htm
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Ancient Near Eastern myths connect this day with the god Tammuz, who died at this time of year and went down to the underworld. The first of Tammuz is a day of exile, reminding us that from this point forward the sun will begin to creep from the sky, leaving the world in ever-greater darkness.
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www.telshemesh.org/tammuz/
www.telshemesh.org/tammuz/
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"At what period in Babylonia history Ishtar was mated with the old god Tammuz, and he was turned into a handsome young lover, we do not know; but the Phoenician version of the myth must itself go back to at least 1500 B.C. I need not give the final legend at length.
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www.piney.com/MuTammuz.html
www.piney.com/MuTammuz.html
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The Spiritual Bookstore Online World Religion Library. The Myth of the Dying God: Tammuz, Ishtar, and Adonis. ... Being the esoteric god of the sun, Tammuz did not occupy a position among the first deities venerated by the Babylonians, who for lack of deeper knowledge looked upon him as a god of agriculture or a...
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www.spiritualbookstore.com/Hermetic_Freemasonry_Rosicru...
www.spiritualbookstore.com/Hermetic_Freemasonry_Rosicrucian_Secret_Myth_Dying_God_Tammuz_Ishtar_Adonis.htm
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Hard hitting Study Documents, and Truth based on Scriptural, and documented historical sources. ... This letter t is a Pagan symbol of the god Tammuz!; Why have Christians adopted a pagan symbol? The words "cross" and "crucify" are mis-translations, a "later rendering," of the Greek words stauros and stauroo.
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assemblyoftrueisrael.com/TruthPage%5B4%5D.html
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The shape of the latter had its origin in ancient Chaldea (Babylon), and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz (being in the shape of the mystic Tau, the initial of his name)...By the middle of the 3rd century A.D. the churches had either departed from, certain doctrines of the Christian faith.
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www.thewordsofeternallife.com/cross.html
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