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Ancient lists traditionally carried names of 10 (or 8) antediluvian kings:

Sumerian W-B. 144

1 Alulim

28,800

2 Alagar

36,000

3 Enmenluanna

43,200

4 Eumengalanna

28,800

5 Divine Dumuzi

36,000

6 Ensibzianna

28,800

7 Enmenduranna

21,000

8 Ubardudu

18,600

9

-

10

-

Sum

241,200

Sumerian W-B. 62

1 Alulim

67,200

2 Alagar

72,000

3 Kidunnushakinkin

72,000

4 ... ?

21,600

5. Divine Dumuzi

28,800

6 Enmenluanna

21,600

7 Enzibzianna

36,000

8 Eumenduranna

72,000

9 Arad-gin

28,800*

10 Ziusudra

36,000

Sum

456,000

Berossos

1 Aloros

36,000

2 Alaparos

10,800

3 Amelon

46,800

4 Ammenon

43,200

5 Megalaros

64,800

6 Daonos

36,000

7 Euedoraches

64,800

8 Amempsinos

36,000

9 Opartes

28,800

10 Xisuthros

64,800

Sum

432,000

The Bible (King James' verison)

1 Adam

130

2 Seth

105

3 Enoch

90

4 Kenan

70

5 Mahalel

65

6 Jared

162

7 Enoch

65

8 Methuselah

187

9 Lamech

182

10 Noah: until Flood

600

Sum

1,656

* Campbell has 28,000 here, which, however, does not agree with the sum 456,000.

Probably these kings had become stars after their deaths:

... Strassmeier and Epping, in their Astronomishes aus Babylon, say that there its stars formed the third of the twenty-eight ecliptic constellations, - Arku-sha-rishu-ku, literally the Back of the Head of Ku, - which had been established along that great circle milleniums before our era; and Lenormant quotes, as an individual title from cuneiform inscriptions, Dil-kar, the Proclaimer of Dawn, that Jensen reads As-kar, and others Dil-gan, the Messenger of Light.

George Smith inferred from the tablets that it might be the Star of the Flocks; while other Euphratean names have been Lu-lim, or Lu-nit, the Ram's Eye; and Si-mal or Si-mul, the Horn star, which came down even to late astrology as the Ram's Horn.

It also was Anuv, and had its constellation's titles I-ku and I-ku-u, - by abbreviation Ku, - the Prince, or the Leading One, the Ram that led the heavenly flock, some of íts titles at a different date being applied to Capella of Auriga.

Brown associates it with Aloros, the first of the ten mythical kings of Akkad anterior to the Deluge, the duration of whose reigns proportionately coincided with the distances apart of the ten chief ecliptic stars beginning with Hamal, and he deduces from this kingly title the Assyrian Ailuv, and hence the Hebrew Ayil; the other stars corresponding to the other mythical kings being Alcyone, Aldebaran, Pollux, Regulus, Spica, Antares, Algenib, Deneb Algedi, and Scheat ...

And then each of these star kings would continue to rule for a month:

... From the natives of South Island [of New Zealand] White [John] heard a quaint myth which concerns the calendar and its bearing on the sweet potato crop. Whare-patari, who is credited with introducing the year of twelve months into New Zealand, had a staff with twelve notches on it. He went on a visit to some people called Rua-roa (Long pit) who were famous round about for their extensive knowledge. They inquired of Whare how many months the year had according to his reckoning. He showed them the staff with its twelve notches, one for each month. They replied: 'We are in error since we have but ten months. Are we wrong in lifting our crop of kumara (sweet potato) in the eighth month?' Whare-patari answered: 'You are wrong. Leave them until the tenth month. Know you not that there are two odd feathers in a bird's tail? Likewise there are two odd months in the year.' The grateful tribe of Rua-roa adopted Whare's advice and found the sweet potato crop greatly improved as the result ... The Maori further accounted for the twelve months by calling attention to the fact that there are twelve feathers in the tail of the huia bird and twelve in the choker or bunch of white feathers which adorns the neck of the parson bird ...