Nergal

E196148
Mesopotamian god deity

Nergal is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated primarily with war, plague, and the underworld.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nergal canonical 49
Pazuzu 3
Kutha god Nergal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian god ⓘ
deity ⓘ
appearsInText Akkadian myths ⓘ
Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Babylonian incantations ⓘ
associatedWith death ⓘ
destruction ⓘ
drought ⓘ
pestilence ⓘ
plague ⓘ
summer heat ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
war ⓘ
consort Ereshkigal ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
domain disease ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
war ⓘ
epithet king of the underworld ⓘ
lord of Kutha ⓘ
lord of the underworld ⓘ
equatedWith Erra ⓘ
Irra ⓘ
Meslamtaea ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasTemple E-Meslam in Kutha ⓘ
influenced later Near Eastern underworld concepts ⓘ
languageOfName Akkadian ⓘ
majorCultCenter Cuthah ⓘ
Kutha ⓘ
mythologicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
parents Enlil ⓘ
Ninlil ⓘ
region southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
role chthonic deity ⓘ
god of plague ⓘ
god of the underworld ⓘ
god of war ⓘ
rulesOver land of the dead ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
spouse Ereshkigal ⓘ
symbol lion ⓘ
mace ⓘ
standard with lion ⓘ
worshipedIn Akkad ⓘ
Ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Sumer ⓘ

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Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hatra → otherDeityVenerated → Nergal ⓘ
Enlil → child → Nergal ⓘ
Babylonian polytheism → majorDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Ereshkigal → spouse → Nergal ⓘ
Ereshkigal → associatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Ereshkigal → consortInMyth → Nergal ⓘ
Sumerian religion → hasDeity → Nergal ⓘ
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy → featuresCharacter → Nergal ⓘ
Resheph → hasEquivalent → Nergal ⓘ
Ninlil → parentOf → Nergal ⓘ
Namtar → servesDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Enlil and Ninlil → relatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Regan MacNeil → possessedBy → Pazuzu ⓘ
linked to: Nergal
Father Lankester Merrin → confronts → Pazuzu ⓘ
linked to: Nergal
Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Nergal ⓘ
John Constantine → enemy → Nergal ⓘ
Babylonian kingship ideology → hasKeyDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Hellblazer → featuresCharacter → Nergal ⓘ
Hurrian religion → hasDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Kutha → principalCultCenterOf → Nergal ⓘ
Kutha → majorDeityWorshiped → Nergal ⓘ
Kutha → mainTempleDedicatedTo → Nergal ⓘ
Kutha → hasDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Cuthah → principalCultCenterOf → Nergal ⓘ
Cuthah → majorDeityWorshiped → Nergal ⓘ
Cuthah → mainTempleDedicatedTo → Nergal ⓘ
Erra → associatedWith → Nergal ⓘ
Erra → closelyAssociatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Irra → associatedWith → Nergal ⓘ
Irra → consideredAspectOf → Nergal ⓘ
Irra → sharesFunctionsWith → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → associatedWith → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → consideredAspectOf → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → equatedWith → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → epithetOf → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → sharesCultWith → Nergal ⓘ
Meslamtaea → sometimesDistinguishedFrom → Nergal ⓘ
E-Meslam in Kutha → dedicatedTo → Nergal ⓘ
E-Meslam in Kutha → associatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
E-Meslam in Kutha → primaryCult → Nergal ⓘ
Kur → associatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Irkalla → associatedDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Zababa → associatedWith → Nergal ⓘ
The Curse of Agade → featuresDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Nergal and Ereshkigal → mainCharacter → Nergal ⓘ
Nergal and Ereshkigal → featuresDeity → Nergal ⓘ
Nergal and Ereshkigal → featuresDeity → Kutha god Nergal ⓘ
linked to: Nergal
Nergal and Ereshkigal → narrativeEvent → Nergal returns and becomes king or co‑ruler of the underworld ⓘ
linked to: Nergal
Nergal Jr. → familyName → Nergal ⓘ
Nergal Jr. → father → Nergal ⓘ