Kalmar "ERESHKIGAL" (tare da "A" maimakon "E") kalma ce daga tsohuwar tarihin Mesopotamiya. Yana nufin allahiya na underworld a cikin Sumerian da Babila pantheon. Sau da yawa ana kwatanta ta a matsayin mutum mai ban tsoro, alhakin hukuncin matattu da kuma azabtar da rayukan da suka aikata laifuka a rayuwa.An yi imani da sunan "Ereshkigal" yana nufin "Lady of the Great Earth". "ko" Uwargidan Ƙarƙashin Ƙasa" a cikin harshen Sumerian. A cikin tatsuniyoyi na da, ana danganta ta da mutuwa, rubewa, da kuma zagayowar sake haifuwa, kuma an ce ’yar’uwar allahn sama ce kuma allahn duniya.