The name Nergal, Nirgal, or Nirgali (Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Modern Nergal Tiberian Nērḡál; Aramaic ܢܹܪܓܵܐܠ; Latin: Nergel) refers to a deity in Babylon with the main seat of his cult at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim. Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the deity of the city of Cuth (Cuthah): "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal" (2 Kings, 17:30). According to the rabbins, his emblem was a cock and Nergal means a "dunghill cock". He is the son of Enlil and Ninlil.

Nergal actually seems to be in part a solar deity, sometimes identified with Shamash, but only a representative of a certain phase of the sun. Portrayed in hymns and myths as a god of war and pestilence, Nergal seems to represent the sun of noontime and of the summer solstice that brings destruction, high summer being the dead season in the Mesopotamian annual cycle.

Nergal was also the deity who presides over the netherworld, and who stands at the head of the special pantheon assigned to the government of the dead (supposed to be gathered in a large subterranean cave known as Aralu or Irkalla). In this capacity he has associated with him a goddess Allatu or Ereshkigal, though at one time Allatu may have functioned as the sole mistress of Aralu, ruling in her own person. In some texts the god Ninazu is the son of Nergal and Allatu/Ereshkigal.

Andrzej Piaseczny (born Pionki, 6 January 1971) more commonly known as Piasek, is a Polish singer.

Piasek represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with his up-tempo dance song "2 Long". He finished 20th from a field of 23 participating countries. The song received 2 points from Sweden, 3 points from Slovenia, 5 points from Germany and 1 point from Denmark.

Piasek is also the name of several villages in Poland and it is also the Polish word for sand. He was born on January 06, 1971 in small city called Pionki in the center of Poland. After finishing High school he attend to WSP (college) in Kielce where he studied music. There he met other musicians to form "Mafia", a soft rock/pop music band.