What is "nergal"

Nergal, Nirgal, or Nirgali (; Aramaic ܢܹܪܓܵܐܠ; ) was a deity worshipped throughout Mesopotamia ( Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia) with the main seat of his worship at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim.

Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the deity of the city of Cuth (Cuthah): "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal" ( 2 Kings, 17:30). According to the rabbins, his emblem was a cock and Nergal means a "dunghill cock", although standard iconography pictured Nergal as a lion. He is a son of Enlil and Ninlil, along with Nanna and Ninurta.

Nergal crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It has a distinctive ejecta blanket surrounding it that's darker nearer the craters and brighter further away. The inner region of the ejecta is characterized by a lobate appearance indicative of the flow of a liquid (or slushy) substance over the surface. The flow was probably icy surface material melted by the energy released during the impact that formed the crater.

Category:Impact craters on Ganymede (moon)

Nergal is a Babylonian deity.

Nergal may also refer to:

• Nergal (musician), Adam Darski's stage name with the Polish band Behemoth
• Nergal (crater), a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede
• Nergal (Fire Emblem), the main villain in Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
• Nergal (Dungeons & Dragons), a devil in the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Nergal Heavy Industries in Martian Successor Nadesico
• A monster in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, or his son (Nergal Junior).
• A demon in the Hellblazer comic book
• One of the founding members of the Baali bloodline in Vampire: The Masquerade
• A battleship in David Weber's Mutineers' Moon
• The father of the monster Sammael in the movie version of Hellboy
• The antagonist in Ed Greenwood's novel Elminster in Hell
• A chief evil deity in the online game Evernight
• A character in a comic book of the Italian Sergio Bonelli Editore
• An antagonist in the video game Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Another Story

Nergal is an outcast Duke of Hell, one of the Rabble of Devilkin, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.