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The name Gugalanna may also be interpreted as the "Bull of Heaven." Furthermore, Inanna requests entry into the Underworld on the pretext of sharing the mourning of Gugalanna with her sister. [24] It appears that Ereshkigal's negative response to Inanna's arrival is related to what she may perceive as a pretext on the part of her sister.
Inanna's most famous myth is the story of her descent into and return from the ancient Mesopotamian underworld, ruled by her older sister Ereshkigal. After she reaches Ereshkigal's throne room, the seven judges of the underworld deem her guilty and strike her dead. Three days later, Ninshubur pleads with all the gods to bring Inanna back.
Ereshkigal is described as being Inanna's older sister. When Neti , the gatekeeper of the underworld, informs Ereshkigal that Inanna is at the gates and demanding to be let in, Ereshkigal responds by ordering Neti to bolt the seven gates of the underworld and to open each separately, but only after Inanna has removed one article of clothing.
E. von der Osten-Sacken describes evidence for a weakly developed but nevertheless existing cult for Ereshkigal; she cites aspects of similarity between the goddesses Ishtar and Ereshkigal from textual sources – for example they are called "sisters" in the myth of "Inanna's descent into the nether world" – and she finally explains the ...
A bride's sister accidentally showed the groom a video of his fiancée in her wedding dress before the wedding. In a post on Reddit's "Wedding Drama" forum, the guilty-feeling sister asked ...
In the myth of Inanna's Descent, [35] Inanna, in order to console her grieving sister Ereshkigal, who is mourning the death of her husband Gugalana (gu 'bull', gal 'big', ana 'sky/heaven'), slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu, sets out to visit her sister. Inanna tells her servant Ninshubur ('Lady Evening', a reference to Inanna's role as the evening ...
A grandmother has found a new way to reminisce on her nuptials more than 60 years ago after a previously undiscovered video of her wedding made its way back to her.
The beaming bride saved an estimated $20,000 on the wedding dress as her brother covered the costs of making the gown as his wedding gift to her, per the outlet.