Among these demons the one, perhaps most dreaded, was called Namtar, the genius of the plague. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipation of Massachusetts] Reference
Our ship, Namtar, maintains a geosynchronous orbit with the dark side of their world. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Take mud of the Ocean and knead out of it a likeness of him, (the Namtar.). From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
The various deities honoured Namtar, except Nergal, by standing up to receive him. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The idea is that the Namtar, on beholding his own likeness, will flee from it in dismay!. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
Then she ordered Namtar to let Ishtar drink of the Spring of Life and to bear her from her sight. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
Allatu calls upon her messenger, Namtar, to strike the goddess with disease in all parts of her body. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
She was unable to leave her gloomy Underworld, and sent her messenger, the plague demon Namtar, to obtain her share. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Ishtar was similarly tortured by the plague demon, Namtar, when she boldly entered the Babylonian Underworld to search for Tammuz. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar fulfilled her command and took the goddess through the seven enclosures, at each gate restoring to her the article of her attire that had been taken at her entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
A message sent to her by the gods of the upper world, ordered Namtar to strike off her head. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Namtar obeys the order. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar, the plague-demon, acts as the messenger. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
To Namtar, her messenger, she addressed an order. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar says. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar, saying. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar, her messenger, 570, 580, 587, 592. From Wordnik.com. [The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
Namtar, the Demon of Pestilence, 156, 157; incantation against, 167. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
Näkk, Näkki, Nakshatras, Nakstrani/Dhruva, Nala, Nambo-Nansi, Nammu, Namtar, Namuci, Nanã. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
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