To wake himself up, he decided to attack Babylon. Resheph, (Hebrew: “the Burner” or “the Ravager”) ancient West Semitic god of the plague and of the underworld, the companion of Anath, and the equivalent of the Babylonian god Nergal.He was also a war god and was thus represented as a bearded man brandishing an ax, holding a shield, and wearing a tall, pointed headdress with a goat’s or gazelle’s head on his forehead. 5 Reshep’s cult was popular, as “Reshep” was … As a fiery god of destruction and war, Nergal doubtless seemed an appropriate choice for the red planet, and he was equated by the Greeks to the war-god Aries. Functions. We find Nergal in the Gilgamesh Epic (q.v.) Nergal was depicted early on as either a rooster or a lion headed demon – but eventually was depicted as another bull horned demon. He was believed to be the benefactor of humans, listening to their prayers, bringing life from death, and protecting livestock and agriculture. Nergal, or Erra, was a deity worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia.He was seen as a god of the Underworld, war, pestilence and the hunt who was also a solar deity (though only representing a certain solar phase) identified with Shamash.. One day, Nergal is feeling dull and bored. Nergal and Erra call us to notice the essential Hello, you are watching the series “Thoughts during the Plague.” Today I would like to turn to a mythological story about the gods of the plague. He founded the band Behemoth while he was just a teenager in 1991. Darski was born Adam Michał Darski in Gdynia, Poland.He was raised Catholic and began to play the guitar at age eight. There is some debate, however, regarding the exact nature of his destructive functions. Erra was an especially war-like and violent god, who is often understood to be a bringer of pestilence. In the Sumero-Akkadian pantheon, Nergal was a secondary Mesopotamian god. 5. Outside of Ugarit, Reshep’s most popular association was as a god of warfare, through which he could be linked to foreign gods like Nergal and Montu. Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology. Darski also is the main lyricist, composer and manager of the band. Erra (god) God of war and plagues, who later became closely associated with the underworld god Nergal. In the Mesopotamian tradition, such gods were Erra and Nergal. He was identified with Meslamtaea and Irra as the god of war and scorched earth. Nergal is the God of Plague in the Mesopotamian Mythology. He likes to call himself Nergal (which comes from Babylonia mythology and is the god of plague and war). Nergal is best known for the story of him offending Namtar, Ereshkigal's representative at the diner of gods. Disease Control The user can control any disease and pathogens in his area of effect. Thoughts during the plague No. Nergal is known as the Lord of the underworld, but also as the god of death, plague and pestilence. he represents death over all. To have a huge number of pathogens in the body. He had around 60 diseases and served the Goddess of Life, Ereshkigal. He sends the plague-demon called Namtar to announce his arrival to Allatu who is obliged to admit him. where he opens the earth and brings up the spirit of Eabanland is listed as a god of plague and war Glr-ra with fourteen demons to assist him on his mission. As God of the plague, he was invoked during the "plague years" during the reign of Suppiluliuma, when this disease spread from Egypt. Reshep is a god of plague and healing, the underworld, and warfare. It was believed that the beginning of a pestilence, an epidemic, a cattle plague, when Nergal – the God of Plague and War. 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