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Nergal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 [1] d KIŠ.UNU or d GÌR.UNU.GAL; [2] Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern: Nerəgal, Tiberian: Nērəgal; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; [3] Latin: Nirgal) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination.
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Although Nergal has no problem with respecting all the other warnings, the god succumbs to the temptation and lies with the goddess for six days. At the seventh, he escapes back to the upper world, which makes Ereshkigal upset. Namtar is then sent to bring Nergal back, but Ea disguises Nergal as a lesser god and Namtar is fooled.
Nergal (Dungeons & Dragons), a devil in Dungeons & Dragons; Nergal (Fire Emblem), the main villain in Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken; Nergal, one of the founding members of the Baali bloodline in the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade; Nergal, an antagonist in the video game Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story
Ugur was a Mesopotamian god associated with war and death, originally regarded as an attendant deity of Nergal. After the Old Babylonian period he was replaced in this role by Ishum, and in the Middle Babylonian period his name started to function as a logogram representing Nergal. Temples dedicated to him existed in Isin and Girsu.
Ballad of a Shinigami primarily centers around a young-looking girl named Momo (モモ) who is a shinigami, or death god.Momo is clad in all white, along with having long white hair, and as a god of death, she leads deceased souls to the other side.
Wilfred G. Lambert has noted that a name of Nergal found in a later Mesopotamian god list, d LUGAL-ra-sa-ap (𒀭𒈗𒊏𒊓𒀊; with the Sumerogram LUGAL possibly standing for an unidentified West Semitic noun rather than lugal or šarrum), “lord Resheph”, uses the spelling of Resheph's name typical for Eblaite and Old Akkadian texts ...
Dead Mount Death Play (Japanese: デッドマウント・デスプレイ, Hepburn: Deddomaunto Desupurei) is a Japanese manga series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Shinta Fujimoto. It began serialization in Square Enix 's Young Gangan in October 2017.