/ akkadian
Nergal and Ereshkigal
How the underworld got its king — Nergal goes down to the netherworld, takes Ereshkigal as queen by force, and remains as her co-regent.
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- Tradition
- Akkadian myth, attested in Middle Babylonian (Amarna) and later Assyrian recensions. Etiological narrative for Nergal’s rule of the dead.
- Translation
- R. W. Rogers, *Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament* (New York: Eaton & Mains, 1912), pp. 131-134. Public domain.
- License
- Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.