I've been doing a lot of research this week into the Sumerian Land of the Dead and the goddess Ereshkigal. Not an easy topic to research when there are very few references available, and when they are, they are mentioned in conjunction with something else and don't have the details that I need. I've read a few interesting things though. One of them was the honors thesis by KM Torres, about the decent of Inanna into Ereshkigal's domain and how she was returned to this plain. There is commentary o...
Published on August 19, 2022 21:00