Ereshkigal (English spelling)

Japanese: エレシュキガル（英語表記）Ereshkigal

Also known as Aratsu, she is the queen of the underworld in ancient Mesopotamian mythology. She rules over the land of the dead together with her husband Nergal. Nergal originally lived in heaven, but one day Ereshkigal, enraged by his rudeness, demanded that he be handed over to her. However, when Nergal arrived in the underworld, he grabbed Ereshkigal by the hair and tried to chop off her head, so Ereshkigal surrendered, handed over the rulership of the underworld to him, and became Nergal's wife.

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Japanese:

別名をアラツともいう古代メソポタミア神話の冥府の女王。夫のネルガルとともに死者の国を支配する。ネルガルはもと天上に住んでいたが，あるとき彼の無礼を怒ったエレシュキガルがその引渡しを要求した。ところが冥府に来たネルガルは，逆にエレシュキガルの髪をつかみ，その首をはねようとしたので，エレシュキガルは降参し，彼に冥府の支配権をゆだね，自分はネルガルの妻になったという。

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