Namtar
Americannoun
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The demon at her side would then be the special messenger of this goddess, Namtar.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Then she ordered Namtar to let Ishtar drink of the Spring of Life and to bear her from her sight.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
Some of these diseases, moreover, were personified, as Namtar, the demon of 'plague,' and Ashakku, the demon of 'wasting disease.'
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Among the other legends of Babylonia may be mentioned those of Namtar, the plague-demon, of Urra, the pestilence, of Etanna and of Zu.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Ishtar was similarly tortured by the plague demon, Namtar, when she boldly entered the Babylonian Underworld to search for Tammuz.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
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