- 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...
- [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...
-
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...
-
ancient Mesopotamian underworld,
ruled by her
older sister Ereshkigal.
After she
reaches Ereshkigal's throne room, the
seven judges of the
underworld deem her...
- (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the
Underworld to
overthrow its ruler, her
sister Ereshkigal, the "Queen of the Dead." But
following the
removal of her adornments...
-
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...
-
nevertheless existing cult for
Ereshkigal; she
cites aspects of
similarity between the
goddesses Ishtar and
Ereshkigal from
textual sources β for example...
- who
opened the ways to, and through, Duat, for the
spirits of the dead
Ereshkigal (Sumerian mythology,
Akkadian mythology,
Babylonian mythology), first...
