Depiction of Nergal by Unknown ancient Hatran relief sculptor — Unknown ancient Hatran relief sculptor · Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Nergal

Mesopotamian · deity · mythic · deity

God of plague, war and the underworld; consort of Ereshkigal.

Parentage

Enlil

Domains

plague death
war

Powers

Loosing plague, fire and devastating warfare on the land
Mastering Ereshkigal to take the underworld kingship

Epithets

Meslamtaea
Erra
šar erṣeti

Relations

sibling: Nanna
interpretatio: Resheph
equated with: Heracles

Sources

Nergal and Ereshkigal

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