Nergal

[ nair-gahl ]

noun

1. (in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.

Example Sentences

"Dearest Sikander, to do that, first we must find Nergal. He is the key to all this."

From Literature

Adam Darski, known as Nergal, is appealing against a conviction of offending religious sentiment under Poland's blasphemy laws.

From BBC

As the Sumerians tracked this “wandering star” crossing the sky in the third millennium B.C.E., they noted its foreboding color and associated it with the malevolent deity Nergal, god of pestilence and war.

From National Geographic

The original Lamassu, a winged bull and protective god, stood at the entrance to the Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700BC.

From BBC

For the Fourth Plinth the artist will recreate the Lamassu, a winged bull and protective god that stood at the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh from 700BC.

From BBC