Ereš-ki-gal - Revision history

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ereš-ki-gal''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ereš-ki-gal''}}
	Authors: ~~Gennady Kurtik,~~ {{PAGEAUTHORS}}~~, Euin Choung Kim~~		Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]		[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]

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	Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}		Authors: Gennady Kurtik, {{PAGEAUTHORS}}, Euin Choung Kim
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	[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]		[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]

Sushoff at 07:15, 17 January 2026

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	[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]		[[File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg\|thumb\|"Queen of the Night". Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19th c BCE-18th c BCE. (public domain). ]]
	''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereškigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.		''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereškigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ereš-ki-gal''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ereš-ki-gal''}}
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	''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and ~~Ereshkigal~~' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.		''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereškigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==
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	!Sources!!Identifications		!Sources!!Identifications
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and ~~Miscellenia~~".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenea".'''
	* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')		* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')
	* "~~Ereshkigal~~ = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:110].		* "Ereškigal = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:110].
	\|Planet Mars.		\|Planet Mars.
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	* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal''		* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal''
	* "Snake = ~~Ereshkigal~~" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 52:29; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, 162-3].		* "Snake = Ereškigal" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 52:29; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, 162-3].
	\|[[File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg\|thumb\|the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)]]		\|[[File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg\|thumb\|the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)]]
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Sushoff at 19:28, 15 December 2025

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	''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.		''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.

	==Concordance, Etymology, History ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History<ref>[[Mesopotamian (All Terms)\|Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0]], All Skies Encyclopaedia.</ref> ==
	The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.		The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"

Sushoff at 19:27, 15 December 2025

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History ==
	~~===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===~~		The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.
	The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
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	* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')		* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')
	* "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:110].		* "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:110].
	\|~~planet~~ Mars		\|Planet Mars.
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	\|List of stars V R 46, 1:29.		\|List of stars V R 46, 1:29.

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	==Concordance, Etymology, History ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History ==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.		The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [Gössmann<ref>''Gössmann P.F''. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).</ref> 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.
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	\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia".'''		\|'''"The Great Star List and Miscellenia".'''
	* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')		* [<sup>d</sup>''Ereš'']-''ki-gal'' = min(=<sup>d</sup>''ṣal-bat-a-nu'')
	* "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110].		* "Ereshkigal = Mars" [Mesop.Astrol.<ref>''Koch-Westenholz U''. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.</ref>, App. B:110].
	\|planet Mars		\|planet Mars
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	* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal''		* <sup>mul</sup>muš = <sup>d</sup>''Ereš-ki-gal''
	* "Snake = Ereshkigal" [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162-3].		* "Snake = Ereshkigal" [HBA<ref>''Weidner E.'' Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.</ref>, 52:29; Wee 2016<ref>Wee, J. (2016). Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology. The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge in the Ancient World, Ed. J. M. Steele, 139–229.</ref>, 162-3].
	\|[[File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg\|thumb\|the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)]]		\|[[File:Hya+crt+crv stellarium mulapin.jpg\|thumb\|the Babylonian constellation of the MUŠ-snake, visualized in Stellarium (drawing by Jessica Gullberg)]]
	\|}		\|}

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	''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.		''Ereškigal'' (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Queen of the Underworld. In the Akkadian myth 'Nergal and Ereshkigal' she marries the god Nergal and elevates her new husband to ultimate sovereignty in the realm of the dead.

	==~~Dictionary.~~ ==		==Concordance, Etymology, History ==
	===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===		===Kurtik with Hilder, Hoffmann, Horowitz, Kim===
	The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.		The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation [[MUŠ\|<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ]] ([[Hydra]]) [G. 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8.