NAMTAR

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• NAMTAR (noun)
  The noun NAMTAR has 1 sense:

1. a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind

  Familiarity information: NAMTAR used as a noun is very rare.

• NAMTAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Namtar; Namtaru

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)