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Ereshkigal agrees to revive Gilgamesh and the people in Uruk and Kutha whose souls she had stolen, as well as help fight Gorgon. When asked why she came to the Underworld despite her rivalry with Ereshkigal, Ishtar admits that she had always wanted to free Ereshkigal from the Underworld, which was why she tried to invade it in the first place.
'fate') was a figure in ancient Mesopotamian religion who, depending on the context, could be regarded both as a minor god and as a demon of disease. He is best attested as the sukkal (attendant deity) of Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld. Like her, he was not the object of active worship, though references to it are made in literary ...
Copy of the Akkadian version of Ishtar's Descent into Hell, from the " Library of Ashurbanipal ' in Nineveh, 7th century BC, British Museum, UK.. The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (or, in its Akkadian version, Descent of Ishtar into the Underworld) or Angalta ("From the Great Sky") is a Sumerian myth that narrates the descent of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar in Akkadian) into the ...
In a rage, Ishtar throws herself at Ereshkigal, but Ereshkigal orders her servant Namtar to imprison Ishtar and unleash sixty diseases against her. [306] After Ishtar descends to the underworld, all sexual activity ceases on earth. [307] [308] The god Papsukkal, the Akkadian counterpart to Ninshubur, [309] reports the situation to Ea, the god ...
Ereshkigal was only one of multiple deities regarded as rulers of the underworld in Mesopotamia. [4] [5] The main temple dedicated to her was located in Kutha, [6] a city originally associated with Nergal, [7] and her cult had a very limited scope. [8] [9] No personal names with "Ereshkigal" as a theophoric element are known. [10]
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Later in the same poem, Ereshkigal orders her servant Namtar to fetch the Anunnaki from Egalgina, [44] to "decorate the threshold steps with coral", [44] and to "seat them on golden thrones". [44] During the Old Babylonian Period (c. 1830 BC – c. 1531 BC), a new set of deities known as the Igigi are introduced. [45]
In Sumerian religion, Gugalanna (𒄞𒃲 𒀭 𒈾 [GU 4.GAL.AN.NA] or 𒀭𒄘𒃲 𒀭 𒈾 [D GU 2.GAL.AN.NA]) is the first husband of Ereshkigal, the queen of the underworld. [1] His name probably originally meant "canal inspector of An" [1] and he may be merely an alternative name for Ennugi. [1] The son of Ereshkigal and Gugalanna is ...