Ereshkigal

Queen of the underworld, elder sister of Inanna.

Parentage

• parent: Nanna

Domains

• underworld
• death

Powers

• Reigning as queen over the land of no return
• Slaying intruders with the deadly eye and word

Epithets

• Irkalla akkadian · Irkalla · literary(Queen of) the Great Below; name of both the underworld and its queenDescent of Ishtar to the Netherworld; Gilgamesh VII (primary)
• bēlet erṣeti akkadian · belet erseti · cultLady of the earth/underworld; sovereign of the land of the deadNergal and Ereshkigal; the Descent of Inanna/Ishtar (primary)
• Allatu(m) Akkadian · Allatu · cultName under which she received offerings (Ur III period)Oracc AMGG, 'Ereškigal' (worshipped as Allatum under Šulgi) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: InannaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nanna) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: UtuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nanna) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Inana's Descent to the Nether World (primary)