Editing Nergal (section)

===Servants===
Nergal's [[sukkal]] (attendant deity) was initially the god [[Ugur (god)|Ugur]], possibly the personification of his sword.{{sfn|Krebernik|2014|p=297}} After the Old Babylonian period he was replaced in this role by [[Ishum]].{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|p=220}} Sporadically Inanna's sukkal Ninshubur{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|p=220}} or Ereshkigal's sukkal [[Namtar]] were said to fulfill this role in the court of Nergal instead.{{sfn|Klein|1998|p=144}} His other courtiers included ''umum'', so-called "day demons", who possibly represented points in time regarded as inauspicious; various minor deities associated with diseases; the minor warrior gods known as [[Sebitti]]; and a number of figures at times associated with Ereshkigal and gods such as Ninazu and Ningishzida as well, for example Namtar's wife [[Hušbišag|Hushbisha]], their daughter [[Ḫedimmeku|Hedimmeku]], and the deified heroes [[Gilgamesh]] and [[Etana]] (understood as judges of the dead in this context).{{sfn|Wiggermann|1998|pp=220–221}} In some texts the connection between Gilgamesh in his underworld role and Nergal seems to be particularly close, with the hero being referred to as "Nergal's little brother".{{sfn|George|2003|p=127}}