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Also known as Nirgal

Nergal (Sumerian: dKIŠ.UNU or ; ; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; ) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination. He was primarily associated with war, death, and disease, and has been described as the "god of inflicted death". He reigned over Kur, the Mesopotamian underworld, depending on the myth either on behalf of his parents Enlil and Ninlil, or in later periods as a result of his marriage with the goddess Ereshkigal. Originally

Key facts

Deity.type
Mesopotamian
Deity.name
Nergal
Deity.image
File:Nergal.png
Deity.caption
Nergal holding his attributes—a lion-headed mace and a sword—on a cylinder seal from Larsa
Deity.god_of
God of war, disease, and death
Deity.abode
Kur (the Mesopotamian underworld)
Deity.cult_center
Kutha
Deity.symbol
lion-headed mace, sword, lion, bull, possibly chameleon
Deity.number
14
Deity.planet
Mars
Deity.children
Tadmushtum
Deity.parents
Enlil and Ninlil
Deity.siblings
Nanna, Ninazu, Enbilulu (in the myth Enlil and Ninlil)
Deity.equivalent1_type
Southern Mesopotamian
Deity.equivalent1
Ninazu
Deity.equivalent2_type
Akkadian
Deity.equivalent2
Erra
Deity.equivalent3_type
Eblaite and Ugaritic

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
death deity
Gender
male
Father
Enlil
Mother
Ninlil
Sibling
Ninurta
Image
Nergal.png
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native label
𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲
worshipped by
Sumerian religion
culture
Assyrians
Commons category
Nergal
replaces
Erra
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