Nergal

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• And so he's described as going to rule in the underworld alongside Nergal, a very evil, wicked war God to be a positive counterpart.

  Julian Dorey

• PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): 26 Nergal, god of war, pestilence, and death, Old Babylonian style, ca. 1900-1750 B.C., Morgan 380

  Academic text (1993)

• Son of Nergal, brother of--

  Hellboy (2004)

• PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): 36 Kassite god, invocation to Nergal in the inscription, First Kassire Group, ca. 14th century B.C., Morgan 571

  Academic text (1993)

• These figures, found in Old Babylonian contest scenes but not before, probably had a special meaning derived from the juxtaposition in the sky of the star picture of the goat, a representative of Gula, the goddess of healing, and of the monster with open mouth, a minion of Nergal.

  Academic text (1993)

• Other Old Babylonian representations of major gods are rare, such as Nergal, god of war, pestilence, and death, shown in Figure 26 with one of his lion-headed demons and the suppliant goddess who addresses her prayer on behalf of the god's devotee.

  Academic text (1993)

• PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): 27 War god (Nergal?) facing a nude female; lion menacing a seated goat, possibly representing constellations, Old Babylonian style, ca. 1900-1750 B.C., Morgan 367.

  Academic text (1993)

• Nergal is known in mythology as the Akkadian god who presides over the underworld.

• In ancient texts, Nergal is depicted as a powerful deity associated with war and death.

• Worshipers would often call upon Nergal to seek protection in battles, believing he ruled the realm of the dead.

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