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ERESHKIGAL
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• ERESHKIGAL (noun)
The noun ERESHKIGAL has 1 sense:
1. goddess of death and consort of Nergal
Familiarity information: ERESHKIGAL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goddess of death and consort of Nergal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Eresh-kigal; Ereshkigal; Ereshkigel
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq)
Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)
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