INANNA! MOTHER OF ALL! QUEEN OF HEAVEN + EARTH! GODDESS OF LOVE + BEAUTY, WAR + JUSTICE! COME TO US NOW!
From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below.
From the Great Above the goddess opened her ear to the Great Below.
From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below.
Myths have a way of speaking beyond words; the spirit of the story is alive. The characters ARE us, all facets of our psyche. Myth is a LiVING MIRROR.
And the Myth of Inanna, the Original Mother Goddess, is the oldest we know. Over 5500 years old, this epic is the oldest recorded poem known to man. From Ancient Sumer, in the 3rd millennium, recorded onto a clay tablet. The story of Inanna has shape-shifted many times across many cultures + empires, but the story still remains. She is in the Bones.
I will let the story tell the rest to you directly. Here are some images + reliefs mentioned in the retelling.
Nin-me-šara by Enheduanna,
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Lady of all divine powers,
Lady of the all-resplendent light,
Righteous Lady clothed in heavenly radiance,
Beloved Lady of An and Uraš,
Mistress of heaven with the holy diadem,
Who loves the beautiful headdress befitting the office of her high priestess,
Powerful Mistress who has seized all seven divine powers,
My lady, you are the guardian of the seven divine powers!
You have seized the divine powers,
You hold the divine powers in your hand,
You have gathered up the divine powers,
You have clasped the divine powers to your breast!
Like a dragon you have spewed venom on foreign lands that know you not!
When you roar like Iškur at the earth, nothing can withstand you!
Like a flood descending on alien lands, O Powerful One of heaven and earth, you will teach them to fear Inanna!
Enheduanna, the daughter of the famous King Saragon the Great of Akkad, is the first ancient writer whose name remains known to us today. She appears to be the first named poet in human history and the first known author of prayers and hymns. Enheduanna, who lived in Ur circa 2285-2250 BCE, is also one of the first women we know by name; hers means “Ornament of Heaven.” She was the high priestess of the goddess Inanna, known by other names as Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodite and Sauska.
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