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Inanna Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of fertility, love and beauty (equated with the Babylonian Ishtar, the Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus). Also governs the harvest and fertility over the war. She is the daughter of the sky god An, the sister of the sun god Utu and relegated to the dark goddess Ereshkigal kur, grandson of the god Enlil and the Air (almost) wife of the shepherd-god Dumuzi. She is part of the clan of the gods Enlil as opposed to the gods of the clan and a rival brother Enki Enlil. Inanna to marry Dumuzi was the son of Enki, so attempting a historic reconciliation between the descendants of the two clans. Fearing for their dominance, the elder brother of Dumuzi opposed to this, ensuring that Dumuzi, afraid to warp from the imminent rapture, smashing fled and died as he fell from a cliff near large waterfalls. Inanna furious at the loss of her fiance drove his whole clan wars between the gods Enlil unleashing involving humans, causing serious death and untold genocide among them. Beautiful love poems are written by Inanna and addressed to his love and bridegroom Dumuzi. She gives the people of Uruk, the city of which he is patron, the Me withdrawn from Enki with a trick (he did get drunk after having seduced by her beauty), so that people can live in prosperity and well-being. After the loss of her lover became a seductress of men and gods: the saga of Gilgamesh, he refuses his advances for sex, that no man was reproaching alive until the next morning, having slept with her in the night. was dubbed by the Sumerians "Anuna" (or anunitu), because it was the favorite (in bed), great-uncle of Anu, the father of the gods who lived in heaven, and lay with her when she was visiting Earth. The longer and more complex text on Inanna come down to us is the poem The descent of Inanna, known mostly from tablets found in excavations carried out between 1889 and 1900 on the ruins of the city of Nippur in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq). The myth tells how Inanna descends into the underworld (but the surviving text does not provide the reason travel). He takes with him seven Me (personified as accessories and apparel of the goddess), part of the trusted servant Ninshubur and knocking on doors of "Earth" (a term which is commonly identified with the underworld). She was asked by Neti, custodian, the reason for such a journey. Inanna said she came to pay homage to her sister Ereshkigal, lady of the underworld, and bring his condolences for the death of Gugalanna, her husband, the "bull of heaven" (killed by the hero Gilgamesh epic tied) . Is made into one and passes through seven gates, where each will be deducted progressively Me Finally, naked, is introduced before Ereshkigal and the Anunnaki (the judges of the underworld in this version of the myth) that the condemned and put to death. Ninshubur going to ask for help the lady and her plea is heard by Enki. The god model with "dirty" taken from under her fingernails two creatures "neither male nor female" (not being able to generate, are not subject to the power of death) and the Kurgarra Galatur. They fly in the underworld and circuit Ereshkigal with their flattery until she does not promise them whatever they want as a reward. The two call for the corpse of Inanna and avutolo, they resurrect the goddess of food and water sprinkling of life. Inanna but can not return from the underworld without providing someone to replace it. The Galla (Demons of Destiny) to offer various substitutes Ninshubur, his two sons and Shara Lulal, but the goddess refused to condemn to death those people rimastele faithful of the time of his death. Finally, the lead from her husband Dumuzi. Dumuzi is surprised and happy sitting on his throne, displaying rich clothing, without wearing mourning for Inanna. Taking anger, handed him over to Inanna Galla. Dumuzi escapes through the work of the god Utu, but was resumed after a long chase and taken to the underworld. The sister of Dumuzi, Geshtinanna, goes to his research and his tears relenting Inanna, who decides to accompany her. The goddess and the mortal wandering a long time, until a "sacred Fly" (a sort of deus ex machina) tells where is their Dumuzi: Arali in place of the boundary between the human world and the underworld, where it is finally reached by Inanna and Geshtinanna. However, the law of the underworld, and Dumuzi Geshtinanna shall reside alternately for half the year in the realm of Ereshkigal. The myth is usually interpreted as a depiction of the cycle of vegetation. Dumuzi (goddess of fertility), lies for six months with Inanna (which represents the power generation) and for six months with her sister "darkness" of her, Ereshkigal (the winter hibernation, symbolized by death). The dualism Dumuzi-Geshtinanna is correlated with the alternation Seasonal fruits of the earth (for the crops and lives to Geshtinanna Dumuzi). There are also interpretations of key psychoanalytic myth. In this sense, the descent of Inanna is explained by the need for the psyche to confront its "dark side" (Ereshkigal), related all'istintualità blind destructiveness (the "death instinct" of Freud), to reach balance and completeness. Inanna at the gates of the underworld When Inanna arrived at the first door of the underworld, He knocked loudly, cried out vehemently: "Open the door keeper! Open the door, Neti! only I'll go, "The churches Neti, supreme guardian of the Kur: " Who are you? " She replied " I am Inanna, the queen of heaven, Direct to the East. " The Neti said: "If you are truly Inanna, Queen of Heaven, Direct eastward Why do you put your heart on the path Hence no one ever comes back?" Said Inanna : "For ... Ereshkigal, my older sister. Gugalanna, her husband, Bull of Heaven, has died. I came for the funeral rites. Now the beer of his funeral rites filled the cup. So be done. " Neti spoke "Stay here, Inanna, I will speak with my queen. 'll bring your message. " ....... (trans. by F. Marano on the version of D. Wolkstein) Gods of heaven, earth and fertility, but also the love of war, governs the weather and the fundamental emotions of human beings , passions and ambitions. 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