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Nergal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 [1] d KIŠ.UNU or d GÌR.UNU.GAL; [2] Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern: Nerəgal, Tiberian: Nērəgal; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; [3] Latin: Nirgal) 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.
Nergal performing at Hellfest 2010. Nergal was born Adam Michał Darski in Gdynia, raised Catholic, and started playing guitar at age eight. [4] He goes by the stage name Nergal (naming himself after a Babylonian deity), and he is the founder, lyricist, main composer, frontman and manager of the band Behemoth, which he started when he was still a teenager.
Neriglissar (Babylonian cuneiform: Nergal-šar-uṣur [3] [4] or Nergal-šarra-uṣur, [5] meaning "Nergal, protect the king") [6] was the fourth king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his usurpation of the throne in 560 BC to his death in 556 BC.
Nergal (Dungeons & Dragons), a devil in Dungeons & Dragons; Nergal (Fire Emblem), the main villain in Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken; Nergal, one of the founding members of the Baali bloodline in the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade; Nergal, an antagonist in the video game Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story
Although Nergal has no problem with respecting all the other warnings, the god succumbs to the temptation and lies with the goddess for six days. At the seventh, he escapes back to the upper world, which makes Ereshkigal upset. Namtar is then sent to bring Nergal back, but Ea disguises Nergal as a lesser god and Namtar is fooled.
According to the god list An = Anum (tablet VI, line 15), Tadmuštum was the daughter of Nergal, the god of the underworld. [6] Another deity of similar character, Šubula, was regarded as her husband according to the same source. [7]
Amarna letter EA 35, titled The Hand of Nergal, [1] is a moderate length clay tablet letter from the king of Alashiya (modern Cyprus) to the king of Egypt (photo, high resolution ). The letter has multiple short paragraphs, with scribed, single-lines showing the paragraphing. Paragraphs I-VII are on the letter's obverse; paragraph VIII starts ...
Nergal-ushezib, originally Shuzub, was a Babylonian nobleman who was installed as King of Babylon by the Elamites in 694 BC, after their capture of Babylon and deposition and murder of the previous king Ashur-nadin-shumi, son of King Sennacherib of Assyria. Nergal-ushezib reigned as King for little more than a year.