NERGAL was a Mesopotamian god of the underworld. Nergal (properly, Nerigal) is a phonetic rendering of the Sumerian Enirigal(a) ("lord of the big city [i.e., the underworld]"). Nergal was also called Meslamtaea ("one who comes out...

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...

In Mesopotamian religion, the god of the city of Cuthah in Akkad. The name of his temple, Emeslam or Meslam (“luxuriant mesu tree”), may indicate that he was originally a tree god. Later he was identified as the ruler of the netherworld and...

(Sumerian, Nerigal) An ancient Mesopotamian god of the underworld, the husband of → Ereškigal. He was particularly venerated in the city of Kuthu, whose name, significantly, served as a synonym for the realm of the dead. Other names given to...

Adad · Ashnan Asaruludu · Enbilulu Enkimdu · Ereshkigal Inanna · Lahar Nanshe · Nergal Nidaba · Ningal Ninisinna · Ninkasi Ninlil · Ninurta Nusku · Uttu...