Namtar
Americannoun
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Of these two personages, Namtar, the personification of disease, is a popular conception, whereas the addition of a scribe points again to the influence of the schools.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
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
Then she ordered Namtar to let Ishtar drink of the Spring of Life and to bear her from her sight.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
She was unable to leave her gloomy Underworld, and sent her messenger, the plague demon Namtar, to obtain her share.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
Among these demons the one, perhaps most dreaded, was called Namtar, the genius of the plague.
From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Adams, Brooks
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