- In
Mesopotamian mythology,
Ereshkigal (Sumerian: ππ©ππ π² [DEREΕ .KI.GAL]), lit. "Queen of the
Great Earth") was the
goddess of Kur, the land of the dead...
- for
their deeds in life. The
ruler of the
underworld was the
goddess Ereshkigal, who
lived in the
palace Ganzir,
sometimes used as a name for the underworld...
- Ninlil, or in
later periods as a
result of his
marriage with the
goddess Ereshkigal.
Originally either Mammitum, a
goddess possibly connected to frost, or...
-
other underworld deities from
neighboring cultures, such as
Mesopotamian Ereshkigal (who
eventually came to be
equated with her),
Anatolian Sun
goddess of...
- (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the
Underworld to
overthrow its ruler, her
sister Ereshkigal, the "Queen of the Dead." However,
following the
removal of her adornments...
- [GU4.GAL.AN.NA] or πππ²ππΎ [DGU2.GAL.AN.NA]) is the
first husband of
Ereshkigal, the
queen of the underworld. His name
probably originally meant "canal...
-
Ereshkigal is the name of two
fictional characters appearing in
American comic books published by
Marvel Comics. Ereshkigel, a
Babylonian goddess, first...
-
which was
ruled by the
goddess Ereshkigal and
where the only food
available was dry dust. In
later times,
Ereshkigal was
believed to rule
alongside her...
-
demon of disease. He is best
attested as the
sukkal (attendant deity) of
Ereshkigal, the
goddess of the underworld. Like her, he was not the
object of active...
-
acquired the
character of a
warrior god. He was
frequently ****ociated with
Ereshkigal,
either as a son, husband, or
simply a
member the same
category of underworld...
