(gods in blue)

                                                                                                       Ereshkigal  Inanna       Namtar

         . Ereshkigal = Mesopotamian

         . Persephone = Greek

         . Proserpine = Roman

 

         . in some texts Ereshkigal is daughter to Nannar and Ningal

                . in some texts she is daughter to Anu & Nammu

         . in some texts Ereshkigal is older sister to twins Utu and Inanna

                . in some texts she is as if Ninhursag, the twin & lover to Enki

 

         . espoused Nergal, Enki‘s & Inanna’s son in some texts

                . in some texts Nergal is Enlil‘s & Ninlil’s son

 

         . Queen of the Lower World / Under World / Netherworld / Irkalla / Hades / Hell

         . Irkalla / Erkalla = Akkadian for the Under World realm of Ereshkigal & Nergal

                       “I shall send you to Kurnugi,  To the home of Ereshkigal who dwells within Erkalla,…”

 

         . Ganzer Ereshkigal’s ziggurat residence in the Under World, a fully-functioning world below

         . Kur / Kurnugi = Sumerian for the Under World Palace of Ereshkigal & Nergal

 

Ereshkigal’s Sons:

         . (in some texts) son Ningishzidda with Enki

                . (in some texts) Ningishzidda is son to Ninazu & Ningirida / Ninsutu

 

         . Namtar with Enlil, gatekeeper of the Under World

         . Ninmada with Enlil

         . Ninazu, with Gugalana / Nergal,

                . in some texts Ninazu is son with Enlil

                       . Ninazu is spouse to Ningirida

 

Ereshkigal’s Daughters:

          . Nungal / Bau with King Anu in a few texts only

                 . Bau is daughter to King Anu & Nammu in all other texts