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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. | ||
==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> == | ||
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 . | ||
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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'') | ||
* "Ereškigal = 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]. | ||
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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 = 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]. | * "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| | |[[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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See (Kurtik m43) [[MUŠ]], (Kurtik n29) [[NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA|<sup>d</sup>NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA]]. | See (Kurtik m43) [[MUŠ]], (Kurtik n29) [[NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA|<sup>d</sup>NIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA]]. | ||
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|богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ) [ | |богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (<sup>mul</sup>MUŠ) [Gössmann 1950: 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34–35]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 24 May 2026
Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, Euin Choung Kim, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Jan Safford, Youla Azkarrula
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[1]
The goddess of the underworld, identified with Mars and the constellation mulMUŠ (Hydra) [Gössmann[2] 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34-35]. For the goddess and 'Nergal and Ereškigal' see SAACT 8 .
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"The Great Star List and Miscellanea".
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Planet Mars. |
| List of stars V R 46, 1:29. |  |
See (Kurtik m43) mul (d)MUŠ, (Kurtik n29) dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA.
Historical Dictionaries
| Kurtik (2022, e16) | Gössmann (1950) |
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| богиня подземного мира, отождествляемая с Марсом и созвездием Змея (mulMUŠ) [Gössmann 1950: 128; Wiggermann 1997, 34–35].
I. Источники. «Большой список звезд». [dEreš]-ki-gal = min(=dṣal-bat-a-nu) «Эрешкигаль = Марс» [Mesop. Astrol., App. B:110]. Список звезд V R 46, 1:29. mulmuš = dEreš-ki-gal «Змея = Эрешкигаль» [HBA, 52:29; Wee 2016, 162–3]. См. m43dMUŠ, n29dNIN.GIŠ.ZI.DA. |
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References
- ↑ Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
- ↑ Gössmann P.F. Planetarium Babylonicum, Rom, 1950 (A. Deimel. Šumerisches Lexikon 4/2).
- ↑ Koch-Westenholz U. Mesopotamian Astrology. Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press. 1995.
- ↑ Weidner E. Handbuch der babylonischen Astronomie. Bd. I. Leipzig, 1915.
- ↑ 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.
