Nirig

{{Short description|Planet Mars in Mandaeism}}

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| type = Mandaean

| name = Nirig

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| member_of = the Seven Planets

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| other_names = Marik

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| abode = World of Darkness

| planet = Mars

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| parents = Ruha and Ur

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| equivalent1_type = Akkadian

| equivalent1 = Nergal

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{{Mandaeism}}

In Mandaeism, Nirig ({{langx|myz|ࡍࡉࡓࡉࡂ}}) or Nerig is the Mandaic name for the planet Mars. Nirig is one of the seven planets ({{langx|myz|ࡔࡅࡁࡀ|translit=šuba|lit=The Seven}}), who are part of the entourage of Ruha in the World of Darkness.{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}{{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}

Nirig, who is also called Marik, is associated with Islam, as well as with war and violence. Nirig's name is derived from the Akkadian Nergallu.{{cite book|last=Bhayro|first=Siam|title=Cosmology in Mandaean Texts|publisher=Brill|date=2020-02-10|url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004400566/BP000051.xml|access-date=2021-09-03|pages=572–579|doi=10.1163/9789004400566_046}}