"Ereshkigal" meaning in English

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        "tr": "ᵈereš-ki-gal",
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒎏𒆠𒃲 (ᵈereš-ki-gal /⁠Ereškigalak⁠/).",
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          "text": "1911, Morris Jastrow, Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 369,\nA myth^‡ describes how Nergal invaded the domain of Ereshkigal, and forced her to yield her dominion to him. The gods are depicted as holding a feast to which all come except Ereshkigal."
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          "text": "1988, Samuel A. Meier, The Messenger in the Ancient Semitic World, Scholars' Press, page 159,\nThere still remains the problem of why the messenger from heaven bows while the messenger from below receives homage. In light of the suggestion earlier that Ereshkigal is depicted in a much more favorable light than the heavenly trinity of ruling gods, the issue of bowing messengers reaffirms this impression."
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          "text": "1996, Tanya Wilkinson, Persephone Returns: Victims, Heroes and the Journey from the Underworld, PageMill Press, page 237,\nThe dark sister is Ereshkigal, a Goddess with clear qualities and strong emotions. The myth describes in detail how Inanna surrenders to an excruciating, dismembering initiation into the Underworld."
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          "code": "egx-dem",
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          "roman": "eresgšyngꜥl",
          "sense": "Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld",
          "word": "⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"
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          "roman": "ereśkigāl",
          "sense": "Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "एरेशकिगाल"
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        "Ereshkigal"
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