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NAMTAR
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• NAMTAR (noun)
The noun NAMTAR has 1 sense:
1. a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
Familiarity information: NAMTAR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Namtar; Namtaru
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq)
Sumer (an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC)
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