Namtar = Ereshkigal‘s son

Gatekeeper to the Underworld, Messenger God for the Goddess Ereshkigal

 

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(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

(Enki‘s & Ninhursag’s creation = Enkidu)

 

At each of the seven gates, one of Inanna’s accoutrements and weapons was from her removed, Then, unclothed and powerless before Ereshkigal’s throne, Of scheming an heir by Nergal, Dumuzi’s brother, she was accused! Trembling with fury, Ereshkigal to her sister’s explanations would not listen.

         “Let loose against her the sixty diseases!

         Ereshkigal her vizier, Namtar, in anger ordered …”

 

“To Namtar (Ereshkigal‘s son & vizier), who decrees all the fates,

in his palace, the shepherd Ur-Namma offered perfectly wrought jewelery,

a golden ring cast (?) as a …… barge, …”

 

“To Hucbisag, the wife of Namtar, in her palace, …”

 

“When before Ereshkigal they came, Ereshkigal by their appearance was puzzled:

Are you Anunnaki? Are you Earthlings?

With bewilderment she asked them.

Namtar the magical weapons of power against them directed, but unharmed the two were.

To the lifeless body of Inanna he took them, hanging from a stake she was …”

 

         “SukkalNamtar, the young woman from the Worlds Above requests to be seen by the Great Queen,’

         provided Neti. Namtar nodded and appraised Ninlil with cold  assurance …”

 

         “Follow me,’ Namtar answered after a time that looked like eternity. …”

 

         “is it your will to get into the domains of the Great Queen Ereshkigal?’ asked quietly Namtar …”

 

        “Ninlil followed Namtar across the silent courtyard, countless passageways, chambers and staircases.

        Finally, they stopped in the Grand Hall. Namtar bowed deeply.

        Ninlil wisely imitated him before raising her eyes and to see what laid before her eyes. …”

 

        “Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spake, she addressed her words to her vizier Namtar,

        ‘O Namtar my vizier, I shall send you to the heaven of our father Anu.

        Namtar, go up the long stairway of heaven.

        Take from the table and accept a present for me.

        Whatever Anu gives to you, you must present to me.’ …”

 

        “The evil demons and the evil demonesses who beset mankind,

        Dim-me and Dim- mea who enter by night, Namtar and Asag who will not leave a man alone, …”

 

         “But Enkidu answered Gilgamesh:

‘She the tallest who discriminates not,

She Namtar, awful Fate,

She will devour.

          Namtar knows no distinctions. …”