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Nergal , ancient deity worshiped in Babylonia and Assyria. He was a god of the midsummer sun, of war, of the chase, and of the dead. He could be beneficent, but he was primarily associated with pestilence and destruction. According to the Old Testament, he originated in Cuth (2 Kings 17.30).
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Metal mayhem for the mind
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post DAVID BRINN DAVID BRINN August 23, 2009 700+ words ...Behemoth's leader and creative force Adam "Nergal" Darski. "Israel is the cradle of western...and the Bible comes from Israel," said Nergal, speaking from Chicago where his band...Valentine. But for the 30-something Nergal, who resembles professional wrestling... |
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Death from a fired-up squad.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) December 1, 2007 700+ words HELLO, is Nergal there please?" "Adam?," squawks...Adam," I say, knowing the real name of Nergal, frontman for Polish death metal band...tetchy. "Adam. Momento." This is Nergal's family home. She comes back to the... |
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Behemoth lives up to monstrous name
News Wire article from: University Wire Andy O'connor April 21, 2008 700+ words ...with pretenders. The only constant is Nergal, the group's creative core. His Middle...the change wasn't exactly conscious, Nergal said, this dynamic allows him to keep...but it's still the Behemoth sound." Nergal is highly satisfied with The Apostasy... |
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Dance in Textual Sources from Ancient Mesopotamia
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology Gabbay, Uri September 1, 2003 700+ words ...Mesopotamian literary texts, the myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal and a Sumerian love song...includes dance as well.1 In the myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal (first millennium BCE) , the god Nergal enters the Underworld and becomes Ereshkigal... |
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Iraqi dig uncovers Mesopotamian city. (Mashkan-shapir)
Magazine article from: Science News Bowers, Bruce April 1, 1989 700+ words Iraqi dig uncovers Mesopotamian city Nergal, the ancient Babylonian god of death...delighted. The reason for their elation: Nergal survives in the form of a city built in...on one of the pieces and felt certain Nergal's city had been found. Nearly 150 clay... |
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Copper smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The excavations at Politiko Phorades
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology Knapp, A Bernard; Kassianidou, Vasiliki; Donnelly, Michael December 1, 2001 700+ words ...that the amount of copper is small for in my land the hand of Nergal, my lord, has killed all the men of my land and so there is...in Cyprus, and indicates that a plague (brought by the god Nergal) had smitten the island (Knapp 1996: 22). Among the earliest... |
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The Pantheon of Uruk during the Neo-Babylonian Period.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society Dandamayev, M.A. January 1, 2004 700+ words ...hierarchical order, beginning with the symbols of Bel and Istar-of-Uruk and ending with Nergal, Ninurta, and other gods. While Marduk, Sin, Nergal, Ninurta, and Nusku resided in small sanctuaries (ekurratu) in Uruk and its vicinity... |
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ARCHEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE LOCALIZATION OF NARAM-SIN'S ARMANUM
Magazine article from: Journal of Cuneiform Studies Otto, Adelheid January 1, 2006 700+ words ...no king whatsoever had destroyed Armanum and EbIa, the god Nergal, by means of (his) weapons opened the way for Naram-Sin...extent of Naram-Sin's conquests, achieved with the help of Nergal's weapon (I 1-29), the narrative depicts how Naram... |
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Marketing wizardry? Ozzfest creates buzz with free tickets.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Wedge, Dave August 20, 2007 700+ words ...definitely a refreshed audience," said Behemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski. "There's a lot of new people, a variety of people...merch and booze, so it's all good," says vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski. Ozzfest fact: Behemoth is the first Polish band... |
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CIVIL
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record April 30, 1997 700+ words ...State of Oklahoma. Greenwood Trust Company A Delaware Corporation Plaintiff, vs. O.M. Nergal Defendant. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: O.M. Nergal. The Sheriff of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Greetings: You will take notice that Plaintiff... |
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Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...dying in separate trash cans. [Anglo-Fr. Drama: Beckett Endgame in Weiss, 143] Ereshkigal goddess of death; consort of Nergal. [Sumerian and Akkadian Myth.: Parrinder, 93] extreme unction Roman Catholic sacrament given to a person in danger of... |
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Cuth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cuth or Cuthah , ancient city of Mesopotamia, near Babylon. The inhabitants, when settled in Samaria, introduced the worship of Nergal . In later times the Jews called the Samarians Cuthites (2 Kings 17.24, 30). |
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The Semites
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...And I too, the magician thy slave. Unto the house on entering … . Samas is before me, Sin [is] behind [me], Nergal [is] at (my) right hand, Ninib [is] at my left hand; When I draw near unto the sick man, When I lay my hand on the... |
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Underworld
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...departed spirits. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary , 499] Hel ruled over world of the dead. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 488] Nergal god ruling the world of dead. [Sumerian and Akkadian Myth.: Parrinder, 203] Niflheim region of perpetual cold and darkness... |
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