Tag Archive: Ereshkigal

The Gift

Christine Andreas September 6, 2016 Inanna Project Ereshkigal, Inanna

Among the pantheon of Sumerian Father Gods, only the River God Enki responds to Inanna’s faithful helper Ninshubur who begs him to rescue Inanna from death in the Underworld. Enki pares out mud from under his fingernails. (Of course the…
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The Judgement

Christine Andreas June 30, 2016 Inanna Project Ereshkigal, Inanna, Judgement, Mesopotamia

Having squeezed through the last gate to the Underworld, Inanna is now in the realm that belongs to her voracious, angry sister Ereshkigal. “Naked and bowed low, Inanna entered the throne room. Ereshkigal rose from her throne. Inanna started toward…
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