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Marcheshwan, it may be well to bear in mind, is sacred to Marduk, a solar deity, while the 15th of Adar, curiously enough, is an old solar festival that, modified and connected with historical reminiscences, became popular among the Jews of Persia and Babylonia during the Persian supremacy in the Semitic Orient, and survives to this day under the name of the Purim festival.
Ishtar is the goddess of fertility, and the sixth month, which represents the culmination of the summer season, is accordingly devoted to her. Marduk and Nergal come next, the eighth month, Marcheshwan, being sacred to the former, the ninth Kislev to the great warrior Nergal.
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