Mesopotamian Mythology · deity
Nergal (Ereshkigal's consort)
Nergal
deitythe underworld (as Ereshkigal's consort)attested
Nergal as Ereshkigal's consort (the 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' marriage myth).
The account
Who they are
Nergal as Ereshkigal's consort: in the 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' myth, Nergal 'rapes' (or marries) Ereshkigal and becomes her consort and the lord of the underworld [S5]S5 · etcl.mca.edu — Electronic Text Corpus of cuneiform (transliterations + translations)corpus (Sumerian/Akkadian texts)corpusOpen source ↗. This is a 'marriage' myth: the underworld-god and the underworld-goddess become a pair [S5]S5 · etcl.mca.edu — Electronic Text Corpus of cuneiform (transliterations + translations)corpus (Sumerian/Akkadian texts)corpusOpen source ↗.
Worth knowing
- Nergal as Ereshkigal's consort [S5]S5 · etcl.mca.edu — Electronic Text Corpus of cuneiform (transliterations + translations)corpus (Sumerian/Akkadian texts)corpusOpen source ↗.
Relationships (1)
Connections
Partners
PARTNER_OFEreshkigal — Nergal (as Ereshkigal's consort) is her 'pair'.[S5]
Local graph
Their corner of the divine world
Viewhierarchical — generations top → bottom, partners side by side
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Depictions