nergal

2 definitions found

nergal - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nergal
      n 1: (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world
           of the dead

nergal - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Nergal
  the great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the
  Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kings 17:30), the god of war and
  hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.