Kur
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Kur is the ancient Mesopotamian underworld, a dark subterranean realm of the dead ruled by the goddess Ereshkigal.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian underworld
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mythological location ⓘ |
| accessedBy | gates of the underworld ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Ereshkigal's palace
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ⓘ
river or waters of the underworld ⓘ seven gates of the underworld ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Ereshkigal
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Nergal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
funerary offerings to the dead
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libations for underworld deities ⓘ |
| characteristic |
absence of light
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dust and darkness ⓘ no return for most who enter ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Dilmun
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the heavens of the gods ⓘ |
| cosmicRelation | opposed to the world of the living ⓘ |
| cosmicStratum | lowest level of the Mesopotamian cosmos ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | realm separating the living from the dead ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dark subterranean realm of the dead
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underworld ⓘ |
| entryBarrier | river or boundary separating living and dead ⓘ |
| eschatologicalView | final dwelling place for most humans ⓘ |
| governedByLaw | fixed rules for the dead ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Ereshkigal's throne room ⓘ |
| guardedBy | gatekeepers of the underworld ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | shades of the dead ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMythicCosmos | beneath the earth ⓘ |
| mentionedInText |
Akkadian myth of Nergal and Ereshkigal
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Sumerian myth of Inanna's Descent to the Underworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralCharacter | gloomy but not primarily a place of moral punishment ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition |
Akkadian mythology
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Sumerian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populatedBy |
underworld demons
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underworld judges ⓘ |
| realmOf | the dead ⓘ |
| regionType | subterranean realm ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
Gilgamesh cycle underworld episodes
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Inanna's Descent NERFINISHED ⓘ Nergal and Ereshkigal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
destination of human souls after death
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place of postmortem existence ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Ereshkigal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termAlsoMeans |
foreign land
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mountain ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfBelief | 3rd millennium BCE and later in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.