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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.
In the ancient Sumerian poem Inanna's Descent to the Underworld, Ereshkigal is described as Inanna's older sister. [11] However, this is a cultural artifact since the Sumerians used terms such as sister as a way to place each other on the same level in hierarchy. [2] [failed verification]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The son of Ereshkigal and Gugalanna is Ninazu. [140] In Inanna's Descent into the Underworld, Inanna tells the gatekeeper Neti that she is descending to the Underworld to attend the funeral of "Gugalanna, the husband of my elder sister Ereshkigal". [140] [364] [142] Gunura: Gunura was the daughter of Ninisina and thus sister of Damu. [151]
Kaley Cuoco had a special role to play in her little sister’s big day! The Big Bang Theory star, 39, officiated the wedding between sister Briana Cuoco, 36, and Brian Logan Dales, 35, which took ...
Inanna, displeased, decrees that the demons shall take him, using language which echoes the speech Ereshkigal gave while condemning her. [48] The demons then drag Dumuzid down to the Underworld. [48] The Sumerian poem The Dream of Dumuzid (ETCSL 1.4.3) begins with Dumuzid telling Geshtinanna about a frightening dream he has experienced.