Namtar
Americannoun
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And Namtar then goes through the palace walls, And flings the light through all the darkened halls, And places all the spirits on their thrones, Leads Ishtar to the waters near the cones.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
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 Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
Among the other legends of Babylonia may be mentioned those of Namtar, the plague-demon, of Urra, the pestilence, of Etanna and of Zu.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Her chief attendants are the terrible Namtar and a scribe—also a female—known as Belit-seri.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
The various deities honoured Namtar, except Nergal, by standing up to receive him.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
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