She appears in the story-line of the series Thor, Annual #10 as an unsatisfied goddess who had fell from worship of man. With time the woman eventually learned how to control the zombie herself, and used it to murder him.Įrishkigal was also a main nemesis of the Asgardian god of storm Thor. In the series Tales of the Zombie #4, as she was invoked by an Egyptian man who had created a zombie in order to force a woman he had desired into marrying him. Essential Story-linesĮreshkigal was introduced by Marvel Comics in two different series. In this sculpture she is shown as a naked winged Goddess standing on a lion with owls flanking her sides which are her symbols.Īnu (father), Kishar (mother) Enki (brothers), Mami, Damkina (sisters) Nergal (husband) Nusku, Gibil, Kinyras, Martu, Enlil, Marduk, Ninurta, Hadad (brothers-in-law/nephews), Zarpandit, Ningal (nieces/sisters-in-law) Inanna (former sister-in-law)Įrishkigal has been an inspiration in comic titles throughout the years and each character published with her name has taken his aspects as a goddess of the underworld from ancient history. In the Burney Relief some archaeologists believe that it is a representation of the goddess Ereshkigal. She turns her into a corpse but is eventually she is forced to release her. The Goddess is not pleased to see her as she fears she has come to take over her Kingdom. Another Sumerian myth tells the story of her sister Inanna's visit into the underworld. Her power extended to Earth where, in magical ceremony, she liberated the sick possessed of evil spirits.Įreshkigal’s sister was Inanna/Ishtar the goddess of love and war but there was great enmity among the two sisters. Her offspring and servant was the demon Namtar. Her realm of the underworld is guarded by Seven Judges and Gatekeepers who are charged with keeping wondering mortals out. She watched for lawbreakers and on guard over her subjects so they were unable to escape her rule. In her kingdom of the dead, Ereshkigal reigned in her palace at Ganzir, the doorway to Irkalla. She married Nergal, her brother’s son, the war-god, to keep him from conquering the underworld. She is named the "Lady of the Great Place" and in texts of the 3rd millennium BC is the wife of the god Ninazu, but later is referred as the was the wife of Nergal. Ereshkigal is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess in the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon who was associated with the land of the dead.
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