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Inanna is the Sumerian name of a Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility; she was known to the Eastern Semitic peoples as [[Ishtar]]. | Inanna is the Sumerian name of a Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility; she was known to the Eastern Semitic peoples as [[Ishtar]]. | ||
The most famous narrative of Inanna is her descent into and return from the underworld, which is ruled by her sister Ereshkigal; to be able to return, her husband Dumuzid, who did not mourn her death, must take her place. Eventually it is decided that Dumuzid will spend half the year in the underworld and half the year with Inanna in heaven | The most famous narrative of Inanna is her descent into and return from the underworld, which is ruled by her sister Ereshkigal; to be able to return, her husband Dumuzid, who did not mourn her death, must take her place. Eventually it is decided that Dumuzid will spend half the year in the underworld and half the year with Inanna in heaven (during this time Dumuzid's sister Geshtinanna takes his place in the underworld). | ||
In the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', Inanna (referred to as Ishtar) asks the titular Gilgamesh to become her husband, and when he refuses, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven in Uruk as revenge, which kills many people. Enkidu, Gilgamesh's friend and companion, kills the bull, and, as divine punishment, falls ill and dies, causing Gilgamesh to reflect on his mortality. | In the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', Inanna (referred to as Ishtar) asks the titular Gilgamesh to become her husband, and when he refuses, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven in Uruk as revenge, which kills many people. Enkidu, Gilgamesh's friend and companion, kills the bull, and, as divine punishment, falls ill and dies, causing Gilgamesh to reflect on his mortality. | ||