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

In Mesopotamian religion, a secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched earth and war, and with Meslamtaea. The city of Cuthah was the center of his cult. In the 1st millennium BC he was described as a benefactor who hears prayers, restores the dead to life, and protects agriculture and flocks. Later he was called a “destroying flame” and was depicted as a god of pestilence, hunger, and devastation. The other sphere of Nergal's power was the underworld, where he ruled as king and where the goddess Ereshkigal was his queen.

Nergal

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

See : Underworld

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This new sound is full of blast beats, crushing riffs, and the harshest vocals Nergal (yeah, laugh at his name) has ever recorded.

BEHEMOTH DAZZLES THROUGH EVOLUTION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Among specific topics are African Bushman mythology, the European dragon slayer, Hermes, Persian magi, Nergal from Sumaria and Babylon, tail types, tale types, and William Tell.

Storytelling; an encyclopedia of mythology and folklore; 3v by Reference & Research Book News

And if Nergal was embodying, in the old solar or sabean religion, either the Sun, of the Earth, or the Leo constellation, or, finally, the Hydra constellation, his servant was embodiyng a constellation which remains next to these figures at that very moment.

Abraham, Terah and the Idols by claude gétaz / Philosophy and religion community

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