Ereshkigal

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Ereshkigal
Queen of the Underworld
British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg
The "Queen of Night Relief", which dates to the Old Babylonian Period and might represent either Ereshkigal or Lilith
AbodeKur or Irkalla
Personal information
ParentsNanna and Ningal (implicitly, following the most common genealogy of Inanna)
SiblingsUtu and Inanna (younger siblings according to Inanna's Descent)
ConsortNinazu, Gugalana, later Nergal
ChildrenNungal, Ninazu, Namtar (in only one text)
Equivalents
Greek equivalentHecate (only in a late magical papyrus)
Hurrian equivalentAllani
Hittite equivalentSun goddess of the Earth
Hattian equivalentLelwani

In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal (Sumerian: