NERGAL

Meaning of NERGAL in English

the great man; the hero

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NERGAL — In Mesopotamian religion , a secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched …
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NERGAL — /nair"gahl/ , n. (in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
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NERGAL — in Mesopotamian religion, secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched earth and …
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NERGAL — In Mesopotamian religion , a secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched …
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NERGAL — [Mesopotamian] Nergal is an ancient Sumero-Babylonian deity and the god of the netherworld, where he rules with his consort Ereshkigal. …
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NERGAL — (hero), one of the chief Assyrian and Babylonian deities, seems to have corresponded closely to the classical Mars. (2 Kings …
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NERGAL — Нергал
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NERGAL-SHAREZER — treasurer of Nergal
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ERESHKIGAL — /ay resh"kee'gahl, er'esh kig"euhl/ , n. the Sumerian and Akkadian goddess of death; consort of Nergal. Also, Ereshkigel /ay resh"kee'gel, …
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RESHEPH — (Hebrewthe Burner or the Ravager) ancient West Semitic god of the plague and of the underworld, the companion of Anath, …
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PANAMA — officially Republic of Panama, Spanish Repblica de Panam country of Central America located on the Isthmus of Panama, the stretch …
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NINEVEH — the oldest and most populous city of the ancient Assyrian Empire, situated on the east bank of the Tigris opposite …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and …
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MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHOLOGY — the myths, epics, hymns, lamentations, penitential psalms, incantations, wisdom literature, and handbooks dealing with rituals and omens of ancient Mesopotamia. …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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MESLAMTAEA — in Mesopotamian religion, city god of Cuthah in Akkad. His temple in Cuthah was called Emeslam, or Meslam (Luxuriant Mesu …
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MELQART — also spelled Melkart or Melkarth Phoenician god, chief deity of Tyre and of two of its colonies, Carthage and Gadir …
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MARS — ancient Roman deity, in importance second only to Jupiter. Little is known of his original character, and that character (chiefly …
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HATRA — Arabic al-Hadr ruined city located in the Al-Jazirah region of present-day northern Iraq, 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Baghdad …
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GANYMEDE — Greek Ganymedes, Latin Ganymedes, or Catamitus, in Greek legend, the son of Tros (or Laomedon), king of Troy. Because of …
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ERESHKIGAL — in Mesopotamian religion, goddess in the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon who was Lady of the Great Place (i.e., the abode of the …
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CUTHAH — modern Tall Ibrahim ancient city of Mesopotamia located north of the site of Kish in what is now south-central Iraq. …
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MOLOCH — Synonyms and related words : Adad, Adapa, Anu, Anunaki, Ashur, Baal, Beltu, Dagon, Damkina, Dumuzi, Ea, Enlil, Ereshkigal, Gibil, Girru, …
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BAAL — Synonyms and related words : Adad, Adapa, Anu, Anunaki, Ashtoreth, Ashur, Astarte, Beltu, Ceres, Dagon, Damkina, Demeter, Dionysus, Dumuzi, Ea, …
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NAMTAR — [Mesopotamian] A minor god of the underworld in Sumerian mythology, Namtar was regarded as the bringer of disease and pestilence. …
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MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Mesopotamian mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abgal; Adapa; Adrammelech; Aja; Akkad; Akkan; Alauwaimis; …
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MAMITU — [Mesopotamian] The Akkadian goddess of the oath, later a goddess of fate and a judge in the underworld (with the …
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ERRA — [Mesopotamian] The Babylonian god of war, death, and other disasters. He may be identified with Nergal, the god of death. …
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ERESHKIGAL — [Mesopotamian] The Sumerian and Akkadian goddess of the underworld, sister of the sky goddess Ishtar. Together with her consort Nergal …
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DUR — [Other] The Kassite god of the underworld, similar to the Akkadian god Nergal.
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RABMAG — (Jeremiah 39:3,13) a title borne by Nergal-sharezer, probably identical with the king called by the Greeks Neriglissar. See: NERGAL-SHAREZER (it …
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