Talk:Nisroch

Pronunciation
Is it pronounced with a "k" sound or an English "ch" at the end? OneGyT /T|C 05:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It's hebrew so its pronounced like the hebrew "ch", similar to the scottish and german "ch".

The image is not of Nisroch
Is there any sources that link the apkallu to Nisroch? The image is of an Apkallu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdishtar (talk • contribs) 16:43, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Onion parody--not noteworthy, IMO
Recently, The Onion did a story which referred to the god Nisroch. I don't think that's sufficiently noteworthy to list here (the Onion refers to lots of things, I think it'd be madness to have every article list all the times the Onion refers to the subject matter). So I'm removing the following from Nisroch:

On February 13, 2010, spoof news website The Onion published a satirical article titled "Forgotten Assyrian God Revived To Name Sports Drink." The article stated that:


 * "Representatives from the sports drink manufacturer Powerade announced Wednesday that Nisroch, the ancient Assyrian god of agriculture, has been resurrected from the depths of Assyro-Babylonian mythology to serve as the key marketing figure for their newest product, Nisroch: Eagle Heart X-TREME WHIRLWIND!"

The report was a parody (i.e., it was not true). A number of bloggers missed the satire, however, and reported on the story as actual news.

I'm open to being convinced otherwise, though. Thoughts? -- Narsil (talk) 21:56, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

The Image is not Nisroch
The image shown of the winged, eagle-headed man is not one of the Assyrian great gods, but a lesser daimon. The Bible refers to the Assyrian king's "god Great Eagle", which could well have been what the contemporary Israelites would have called the Assyrian supreme deity Ashur. The symbol of Ashur the god is "a feather robed archer" in a winged sun disk and would have been on display with the Assyrian army and seen by conquered peoples. The entry "Nisroch" should show the same image as the entry "Ashur (god)".

64.90.143.2 (talk) 00:18, 11 April 2012 (UTC)Samgwan Spiess

Unsupported Assertion
Whoever wrote this "in revenge for the destruction of Babylon" should cite some evidence. He was probably murdered because he promised he would return with booty and spoil but instead returned ashamed and empty handed and his army destroyed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SedesGobhani (talk • contribs) 04:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect reference removed
I removed the brackets from "Adrammelech" in the first paragraph because they linked to a different Adrammelech. I don't think either one is important enough for a disambiguation page. And anyway, I don't feel confident of my ability to figure out how to make one. Also, his brother Sharezer links to a page which merely redirects to a paragraph in their father's page. If I knew how, I would change that to link directly (eliminate the middleman). 伟思礼 (talk) 15:12, 15 August 2023 (UTC)