Ereshkigal (𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲) is the Sumerian goddess queen of Irkalla, the underworld — elder sister of Inanna. Her name means "Queen of the Great Below." She rules the realm of the dead with implacable authority.
Featured in The Descent of Inanna, one of the oldest myths in human literature.
Ereshkigal reduces to seven — the number of Sumerian underworld.