February 19, 2008
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Eight is a Gate, continued
Sumerian
Cuneiform
An: sky, heaven
also
digir (dingir): god, goddess"The sigil was an eight-limbed
asterisk made of fine dark
lines,,,,
An X superimposed on a
plus sign.
It looked permanent."
-- Fritz Leiber,
"Damnation Morning,"
1959 short story
in Changewar
Ace edition, May 1, 1983
Comments (1)
It's always fun to write like a Babylonian.