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  1. Nergal
    [n] - (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
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  2. Nergal
    Assyrio-Babylonian god of war and hunting, identified with the Sun in its adverse effects as the bringer of pestilence and fire, and ruler of the underworld with his consort Ereskigal, `mistress...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Nergal
    noun (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Nergal
    in Mesopotamian religion, secondary god of the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon. He was identified with Irra, the god of scorched earth and war, and with ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/26

  5. Nergal
    Nergal (nŭr'gäl, –gul) , 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 origin...
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  6. Nergal
    Nergal was the Babylonian god of the underworld. He was represented by the figure of a winged lion with a human head. In Mesopotamian mythology, Nergal was amorality personified and symbolized the unpredictability and risk in mortal life, and in particular brought death. In Assyrian mythology,
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  7. Nergal
    The name `Nergal`, `Nirgal`, or `Nirgali` (; Nergel-->) refers to a deity in Babylon with the main seat of his cult 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,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nergal

  8. Nergal
    (crater) `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)...
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  9. Nergal
    (Dungeons & Dragons) `Nergal` is an outcast Duke of Hell, one of the Rabble of Devilkin, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Publication history: Nergal first appears in Ed Greenwood`s article "The Nine Hells Part I" in Dragon #75 (1983). Nergal was bri...
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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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