Definition of Namtaru

1. Noun. A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind.

Exact synonyms: Namtar
Geographical relationships: Mesopotamia, Sumer
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Namtaru

Nama
Namaka
Namalwa cell
Nambissan
Namboothiri
Namib Desert
Namibia
Namibian
Namibian Sign Language
Namibians
Nammu
Namoi
Namoi River
Nampa
Namtar
Namtaru
Namur
Nan-chang
Nan-ning
Nan Ling
Nan River
Nana
Nanaimo
Nanaimo bar
Nanak
Nancere
Nances
Nanchang

Literary usage of Namtaru

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England), Society of Biblical Archæology (London, England). (1906)
"in the court, 9. giving a command to namtaru, his warrior : ' The gates 10. shall be ... Conjecturally the lacunae may be easily filled up. When namtaru ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1906)
"namtaru then went, he talked with tiie gods— 7. the gods answered him, and talked with him of ... namtaru then counted them, and a god behind was hiding. ..."

3. Semitic Magic, Its Origins and Development by Reginald Campbell Thompson (1908)
"4 As with Fever, so is it with Headache (ti'ti), which is reckoned a demon coming forth from the Underworld;5 namtaru, another disease, is similarly ..."

4. Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament by Robert William Rogers (1912)
"*S namtaru went; he spoke to the gods. The gods called him; they spoke with him, ... namtaru counted them; a god was missing in the rear. Where is the god, ..."

5. The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia by Reginald Campbell Thompson (1904)
"... "to circle": I, i, ta-nam-mis (v. mi-[is']}, A, iv, 28. namtaru, "pestilence": 3, 46, 117, 156, 164, 179; 5, i, 7, ii, 50, iii, 8, 40; A, 24, iii, 35, ..."

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