Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson

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Pispascana

 

25 The Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash, Sent from Above to the Earth

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Ashiata Shiemash had his conception in the planetary body of a boy of a poor family descended from what is called the ‘Sumerian Race,’ in a small place then called ‘Pispascana’ situated not far from Babylon.

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“He grew up and became a responsible being partly in this small place and partly in Babylon itself, which was at that time, although not yet magnificent, already a famous city.