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Nergal

noun
1.
(Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.





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... Nergal, another solar deity, brought disease and pestilence, and, according to Jensen, all misfortunes due to excessive heat. He was the king of death, husband of Eresh-ki-gal, queen of Hades. As a war god he thirsted for human blood, and was depicted as a mighty lion. He was the chief deity of the ...
— Myths of Babylonia and Assyria • Donald A. Mackenzie


Words linked to "Nergal" :   Semitic deity, Mesopotamia


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