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[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg|thumb|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]] |
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''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. |
''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead. |
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===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim=== |
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The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation |
The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8. |
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* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal'' |
* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal'' |
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* "Snake = Ereshkigal" [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162-3]. |
* "Snake = Ereshkigal" [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162-3]. |
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|[[File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg|thumb|the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)]] |
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See (Kurtik m43) [[MUŠ]], (Kurtik n29) [[NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA|<sup>d</sup>NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA]]. |
See (Kurtik m43) [[MUŠ]], (Kurtik n29) [[NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA|<sup>d</sup>NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA]]. |
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Revision as of 09:57, 4 August 2025
Ereškigal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.
Dictionary.
Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim
The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation mulMUŠ (Hydra) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.
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"The Great Star List and Miscellenia".
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List of stars V R 46, 1:29.
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See (Kurtik m43) MUŠ, (Kurtik n29) dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.
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| богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (mulMUŠ) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34–35].
I. Источники. «Большой список звезд». [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu) «Эрешкигаль = Марс» [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110]. Список звезд V R 46, 1:29. mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal «Змея = Эрешкигаль» [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162–3]. См. m43dMUŠ, n29dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA. |
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