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ERESHKIGAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Goddess of death and consort of Nergal

Synonyms:

Eresh-kigal; Ereshkigal; Ereshkigel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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