Amar Annus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1197170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amar Annus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amar |
| FAMILY NAME | Annus |
| SIGNATURE | ANNUS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8844-6597 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Fraternal Birth Order Effect in the Royal House of Nineveh
The Story of the Watchers as a Counter Narrative
The extant texts of Enochic Judaism present accounts about the early history of humankind, which use the motifs familiar from the ancient Mesopotamian historiography. The different versions of the Jewish story of the Watchers originate as counter narratives about the antediluvian sages, or apkallus, which are known from the cuneiform literature. The myth of Adapa in Akkadian offers a version of the narrative in which the sage was promoted in heav…
The notion of dyadic morality explains the logic of Zande witchcraft
The Zande witchcraft doctrine described by Evans-Pritchard is analyzed from the viewpoint of dyadic morality. Recent experimental surveys conducted in social psychology have posited a two-factor structure of mind perception in folk psychology consisting of agency and experience. The complementarity of the roles of moral agents and patients explains the automatic tendency to complete moral situations dyadically by finding agents whenever a moral p…
The Spiritual Dimensions of Healing Rituals in Ancient Mesopotamia
Sons of Seth and the South Wind
A Six-Column Babylonian Tablet of Ludlul Bēl Nēmegi and the Reconstruction of Tablet IV
The article presents a discussion of the reconstruction of Tablet IV of the six-column Babylonian tablet of Ludlul B̄el N̄emeqi, owned by the British Museum and being rebuilt in 2011. Comments are given describing the provenance of the artifacts as well as their significance in containing a complete text of an ancient Babylonian wisdom poem. Several diagrams are presented mapping the fragments along with transcriptions of the inscriptions found o…
The Standard Babylonian Etana Epic
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The Standard Babylonian Etana Epic
A Six-Column Babylonian Tablet of Ludlul Bēl Nēmegi and the Reconstruction of Tablet IV
The article presents a discussion of the reconstruction of Tablet IV of the six-column Babylonian tablet of Ludlul B̄el N̄emeqi, owned by the British Museum and being rebuilt in 2011. Comments are given describing the provenance of the artifacts as well as their significance in containing a complete text of an ancient Babylonian wisdom poem. Several diagrams are presented mapping the fragments along with transcriptions of the inscriptions found o…
Sons of Seth and the South Wind
The Spiritual Dimensions of Healing Rituals in Ancient Mesopotamia
The notion of dyadic morality explains the logic of Zande witchcraft
The Zande witchcraft doctrine described by Evans-Pritchard is analyzed from the viewpoint of dyadic morality. Recent experimental surveys conducted in social psychology have posited a two-factor structure of mind perception in folk psychology consisting of agency and experience. The complementarity of the roles of moral agents and patients explains the automatic tendency to complete moral situations dyadically by finding agents whenever a moral p…
The Story of the Watchers as a Counter Narrative
The extant texts of Enochic Judaism present accounts about the early history of humankind, which use the motifs familiar from the ancient Mesopotamian historiography. The different versions of the Jewish story of the Watchers originate as counter narratives about the antediluvian sages, or apkallus, which are known from the cuneiform literature. The myth of Adapa in Akkadian offers a version of the narrative in which the sage was promoted in heav…
The Fraternal Birth Order Effect in the Royal House of Nineveh
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