Nergal

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Ner·gal

N0063575 (nĕr′gäl)n. Mythology The Mesopotamian god of war and plague, and the consort of Ereshkigal.

[Akkadian Nergal, Nerigal.]

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Nergal - (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the deadMesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

Nergal

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Nergal

(nŭr`gäl, –gəl), ancient deity worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. He was a god of the midsummer sun, of war, of the chase, and of the dead. He could be beneficent, but he was primarily associated with pestilence and destruction. According to the Old Testament, he originated in Cuth (2 Kings 17.30).

Nergal

god ruling the world of dead. [Sumerian and Akkadian Myth.: Parrinder, 203]See: Underworld

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

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