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Nergal
God of plague, war and the scorching sun, who becomes the underworld's other throne by taking Ereshkigal as his consort.
𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲dGIR₃.UNU.GALthe scorching edge
- Epithets:
- god of plague and the wall of the dead; the consort of the queen below.
- Kin:
- son of Enlil and Ninlil in the standard tradition; consort of Ereshkigal.
In the myths:
war, plague, and the scorching sun; the underworld's other throne.
Attested, and retold
Where the chronicle adds a layer
Everything above is the attested record, with its sources. Chronicles of Uruk also tells a story on top of this figure, and that layer is ours rather than Sumer's. It belongs to the story, so this page marks that it exists and does not describe it. You will meet it in play, or not at all.
Sources
The pages this entry is drawn from. ORACC and ETCSL are the scholarly editions; the rest are general references.
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