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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 of death’. He was symbolized by a winged lion and had an entourage of 14 monstrous demons.

Nergal was also associated with the planet Mars, and he was the city god of Cutha, in central Babylonia.
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