|
|
Nergal |
||||
Nergal - In Babylonian mythology, Nergal (or Nirgal or Nirgali) is a planetary ruler of the week. To the Akkadians he was a lion-headed god; to the Chaldeans one of 4 principal protecting genii (guardian angels). He was also the god of Kutha, as in II Kings 17:30, and answered to Baal as a deity in Hades. [Rf. Forlong, Encyclopedia of Religions.] In Sumerian-Chaldean-Palestinian lore, Nergal is ruler of the summer sun. In gnosticism he is king of Hades (as in Scripture). In occultism he is chief of secret police in the nether regions. He is also credited with being a god of pestilence, war, fever, as well as the spirit of the planet Mars and one of the governors of the 12 signs of the zodiac. In Le Clercq's collection, Nergal is figured on a bronze medallion: obverse, lion-headed; verso, wings and clawed feet. In De Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal, he is "an honorary spy in the service of Belzebuth." See picturization from Schaff, A Dictionary of the Bible. (a) Nergal -
(n Nergal, "the one who explores" or "lantern of the tomb," was an idol of the people of Cutha, who came from Persia to Media.22 (w) |
|||||
Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the original source: (a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967 (e) The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2001 Columbia University Press. (w) "Witches, Devils, and Doctors in the Renaissance. Johann Weyer, De praestigiis daemonum" General Editor: George Mora, M.D. Translated by: John Shea. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. Binghamton, New York. ©1991 Original text written in 1583.
|
|||||
r´gäl,
–g
l),
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).
(e)