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Ereskigal (Sumerian deity)

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Topical headingEreskigal (Sumerian deity)
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Variant(s)Ereshkigal (Sumerian deity)
Irkalla (Sumerian deity)
See alsoGoddesses, Sumerian
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Found inWork cat.: Hutter, M. Altorientalische Vorstellungen von der Unterwelt: Literar- und religionsgeschichtliche UbĖˆerlegungen zu "Nergal und EreskĖŒigal", 1985
Wikipedia, Oct. 25, 2010 (In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal was the goddess of Irkalla, the land of the dead and underworld; sometimes her name is given as Irkalla; Ereshkigal was the only one who could pass judgement and give laws in her kingdom)
themystica.org website, Oct. 25, 2010 (Eriskigal was the consort of Nergal and queen of the underworld, and mother of Ninazu; her time of worship extended from about 3500 BC to 200 BC)
Encyclopedia Mythica, Oct. 25, 2010 (Ereshkigal, the Sumerian and Akkadian goddess of the underworld)