Nergal is the (southern) Mesopotamian god of death, pestilence and plague, and Lord of the Underworld.

What does the name Nergal mean?

In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Nergal is: The great man; the hero.

What is a Nergal demon?

Being a deity of the desert, god of fire, which is one of negative aspects of the sun, god of the underworld, and also being a god of one of the religions which rivaled Christianity and Judaism, Nergal was sometimes called a demon and even identified with Satan.