INANNA
the pantheon of Sumerian gods and Semitic has around 3600 gods, Inanna was one of the most beloved: goddess of love, sexual attraction and the war. Daughter of God
sky, An and the great lady moon, Ningal, his name seems to derive from the word nin-ana which means "queen of heaven."
sky, An and the great lady moon, Ningal, his name seems to derive from the word nin-ana which means "queen of heaven."
Their rite is associated to the Uruk period between 4000 and 3100 BC, at a time of explosive population growth and technical change among them the appearance of the plow, the potter's wheel, a specialized metallurgical works divided into some emerging craft guilds, the appearance of the sail for sailing and of course the birth of writing. All these advances allow the creation of the emerging urban city-states in Mesopotamia and develop the temples of worship of different gods.
Uruk city would be important in this period. Grange had buildings and temples were surrounded by a large wall made building by Gilgamesh.
Inanna is portrayed in different ways: as an eight-pointed star associated with lions are a symbol of power or carrying a lotus flower. She was also linked to the world of bright evening star Venus, this idea that was subsequently transferred to the Greco-Roman mythology. As war goddess was invoked before the battle and was represented armed with bow and arrow ("similarity to Athena?). With this we can see the two faces of Inanna, as goddess of love and fertility but also able to destroy the fields and crops and make the cr iaturas barren land.
Their appearance can be considered an extension to the "goddesses mothers' Neolithic although his rite Sumerian society specialized and distributed through the territories of "between rivers" coming to influence the religious beliefs of the later Semitic cultures (the Akkadian) as incorporated and absorbed the Sumerian gods in their pantheon. Thus Inanna would become the Akkadian Ishtar, the Phoenician Astarte, the Ashteroth Hebrew or the Greek Aphrodite.
Inanna grew to seven temples erected in his honor by the Sumerian territory, although it was the temple of Eanna "house of heaven" in Uruk the most important of them.
of their rites know some contributions given in the Babylonian epic of the god of war "Erra" which criticizes one of the kings of Uruk not deal adequately with the pack of "whores, courtesans and hustlers [...] glad that the boys changed their masculinity and femininity as well as carriers of daggers, knives and flint chuchilas as these with their actions pleasing to the heart of Ishtar. " And it seems to be that sexual outbursts in the street were a common practice in cities like Uruk.
Among the most important myths Tag: this goddess include its "descent into the underworld."
According to Sumerian tradition, Inanna passing through seven gates of the underworld to be present at the funerals of Ereshkigal, husband of his sister and goddess of the underworld. On each door is required to remove an item of clothing or ornaments until reaching the last door is completely naked. However once in the underworld Ereshkigal, Inanna kills his sister to sit on his throne and hangs his corpse on a hook on the wall.
Inanna returns to the underworld through the intercession of the god Enki (god of water, fertility and wisdom), which sent two people to the underworld in neutral (no sex) who feel sorry for the pain of Ereshkigal. As a token of appreciation for his empathy, the goddess of the underworld granted an award and they ask for the body of Inanna, who regains life thanks to the "water and bread of life."
However, in the underworld is a sacred rule: no one can leave you without another person to take his place.
Inanna is escorted by demons Eresshkigal and tries to find a substitute for her in the underworld. He realizes that Dumuzi, her husband has been having fun and wearing nice clothes while she went "missing" in the underworld and angry decide to be your substitute. Dumuzi Auque
escapes twice to your destination with the aid of Utu (Inanna's brother) finally gets caught and ends killing him. Inanna accompanying Geshtinanna (sister of Dumuzi) in mourning and will see Dumuzi. Ereshkigal Inanna seeing the pain, allows Dumuzi to stay in the underworld only six months of the year, while six others remain Geshtinanna.
This was linked to the seasonal change every 6 months where new plants emerged, appeared periods of rain or performing different activities in the fields. As you can see the correlation with the myth of Persephone is more than evident.
Indeed, for lovers of oriental dance I will say that one of the possible origins of the "Dance of the 7 Veils" resides in the idea take off the clothes, in this case a veil that Inanna held in each of the doors that went through to get to the underworld. ANTHEM
Exaltation INANNA: written by Enheduanna (daughter of Sargon of Akkad)
As a dragon poison has spilled on the ground
Where on earth you roar like thunder, no vegetation can
to stand in front of you.
A stream descending from the mountain,
Oh, first among all, are the Inanna of heaven and earth!
Like rain on fire and burning fall on people,
Equipped with Mrs W's for me riding on a beast That
make decisions under the holy orders of An,
You, the great rituals of who can deny what is yours?
(Trad. Federico García Morales)
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