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In later Babylonian god lists, Ereshkigal held a senior status among the underworld deities, ruling over the category of so-called "transtigridian snake gods" (such as Ninazu, Tishpak, Ishtaran, and the Elamite god Inshushinak, in Mesopotamia known almost exclusively in the afterlife context), [13] while Nergal, who fulfilled analogous ...
Namtar served as the sukkal of Ereshkigal, [3] though less commonly he could also be referred to as the sukkal of Nergal. [7] Some texts simply refer to him as "sukkal of the underworld," sukkal ereseti ki. [13] According to the god list An = Anum, Namtar had a wife, Hušbišag, known also from various myths and incantations. [3]
Seker, a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the dead. He is known to be closely tied to Osiris He is known to be closely tied to Osiris Serapis , Graeco-Egyptian syncretistic deity, combining elements of Osiris , the Apis Bull , Hades , Demeter , and Dionysus .
Kakka was the sukkal of both Anu (in Nergal and Ereshkigal) [394] and Anshar (in the god list An = Anum and in Enuma Elish). [395] Kakka is not to be confused with a different unrelated deity named Kakka, known from Mari, who was a healing goddess associated with Ninkarrak [395] and Ninshubur. [292] Kanisurra: Uruk, [396] Kish [397]
[16]: 184 Nanna was god of the moon and of wisdom. He was the father of Utu and one of the patron deities of Ur. [38] He may have also been the father of Inanna and Ereshkigal. Ningal was the wife of Nanna, [39] as well as the mother of Utu, Inanna, and Ereshkigal. Ereshkigal was the goddess of the Sumerian Underworld, which was known as Kur.
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the underworld by galla demons. The ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, Kukku, Arali, or Kigal, and in Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the lowermost part of the ancient near eastern cosmos, roughly parallel to the region known as Tartarus from early Greek cosmology.
Ennugi is an agricultural god [126] associated with irrigation. [127] An incantation also credits him with the creation of grubs. [126] In the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the gods who are present when the decision is made to send the great flood. [128] Ereshkigal: Ereshkigal is the goddess of the underworld. [129]
The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions.