The River God
Three days and three nights after Inanna’s death, her fellow warrior and closest advisor Ninshubur set up a lament. She beat the drum for her in the assembly places. She circled the houses of the gods. She tore at her…
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Three days and three nights after Inanna’s death, her fellow warrior and closest advisor Ninshubur set up a lament. She beat the drum for her in the assembly places. She circled the houses of the gods. She tore at her…
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After Inanna was declared guilty by the seven judges of the Underworld, her sister Ereshkigal stepped down from her throne. The poet tells us: Then Ereshkigal fastened on Inanna the eye of death. She spoke against her the world of…
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