Namtar
Americannoun
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As an illustration of this principle he gives an incantation against "the wicked Namtar."
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
Namtar, god of pestilence, 569; strikes Ishtar with disease, 570; messenger of Allatu, 570, 580.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
The demon at her side would then be the special messenger of this goddess, Namtar.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
But by the side of Namtar stand a large number of demons, whose task is similar to that of their chief.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
Of this series, Namtar is the chief and the representative.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
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