ereshkigal (in mesopotamian religion
1Mesopotamian religion — Introduction beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the millennia before the Christian era. These religious beliefs and… …
2Mesopotamian mythology — is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq.The Sumerians practiced a polytheistic religion, with anthropomorphic gods or goddesses… …
3Ereshkigal — /ay resh kee gahl, er esh kig euhl/, n. the Sumerian and Akkadian goddess of death; consort of Nergal. Also, Ereshkigel /ay resh kee gel, er esh kig euhl/. * * * In Mesopotamian religion, the goddess of the underworld. Her chief enemy was her… …
4Religion mésopotamienne — Pour les Anciens mésopotamiens, le monde était dirigé par des dieux, pour qui les hommes devaient travailler. Les États du pays des deux fleuves, avec leurs souverains à leur tête, devaient donc organiser la société et l économie de manière à ce… …
5RELIGION — Our understanding of Mesopotamian religious practices and beliefs rests primarily on cuneiform data. At the beginning stand lexical lists compiled of hundreds of names of gods and goddesses, which date back to the Uruk period and were… …
6Mesopotamian mythology — the myths, epics, hymns, lamentations, penitential psalms, incantations, wisdom literature, and handbooks dealing with rituals and omens of ancient Mesopotamia. A brief treatment of Mesopotamian mythology follows. For full treatment,… …
7hell — like, adj. /hel/, n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus. 2. any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father s life a hell on earth. 3.… …
8Irkalla — Fertile Crescent myth series Mesopotamia …
9Religions of the ancient Near East — Myths of the Fertile Crescent series …
10epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction the study of written… …
