NERGAL  , the name of a See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar deity in Babylonia, the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main seat of whose cult was at Kutha or Cuthah, represented by the See also:

• MOUND

mound of Tell-See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim . The importance of Kutha as a religious and at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time also as a See also:

• POLITICAL

political centre led to his surviving the tendency to concentrate the various See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-cults of Babylonia in See also:

• SHAMASH, or AMAS

Shamash (q.v.) . He becomes, however, the representative of a certain phase only of the sun and not of the sun as a whole . Portrayed in See also:

• HYMNS

hymns and myths as a See also:

• GOD

god of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war and pestilence, there can be little doubt that Nergal represents the sun of See also:

• NOON

noon-time and of the summer See also:

• SOLSTICE (Lat. solstitium, from sal, sun, and sistere, to stand still)

solstice which brings destruction to See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man-See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . It is a logical consequence that Nergal is pictured also as the deity who presides over the nether-See also:

• WORLD

world, and stands at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

pantheon assigned to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the dead, who are supposed to be gathered in a large subterranean See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave known as Arabi or Irkalla . In this capacity there is associated with him a goddess Allatu, though there are indications that at one time Allatu was regarded as the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of Arlin, ruling 3 8 8 See also:

• NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

NERBUDDA See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite de See also:

• VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

Valois, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I., of Jeanne d'See also:

• ALBRET

Albret, and of the second Marguerite de Valois, wife of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV., who held a brilliant See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court there . See also:

• NERAC

Nerac, the inhabitants of which had adopted the Reformed See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, was seized by the Catholics in 1562 . The conferences, held there at the end of 1578 between the Catholics and Protestants, ended in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1579 in the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Nerac . In 158o the See also:

• TOWN

town was used by Henry IV. as a See also:

• BASE

base for attacks on the See also:

• AGENAIS

Agenais, See also:

• ARMAGNAC

Armagnac and See also:

• GUIENNE

Guienne . A Chambre de 1'Edit for Guienne and a Chambre See also:

• DES

des Comptes were established there by Henry IV . In 1621, however, the town took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant rising, was taken by the troops of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII. and its fortifications dismantled . Soon after it was deprived both of the Chambre de 1'Edit and of the Chambre des Comptes, and its ruin was completed by the revocation of the See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

Edict of See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes in 1685 .