goddess in the sumero-akkadian pantheon who was lady of the great place
1Ereshkigal — /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… …
2Mesopotamian 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… …
