Ereshkigal - The Queen of the Underworld in Sumerian Mythology

Ereshkigal was the goddess of the underworld in Sumerian mythology. She is the sister of the goddess Inanna (Ishtar) and ruled over the dead, symbolizing justice and the inevitability of death. Respected and feared, her figure represented the cycle of life and death, essential in the Sumerian pantheon and beliefs about the afterlife.