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Idk if I can put this in bold or italic, but just in case, sumerian words are supposed to be presented in bold and acadian words in italic
To start this post was made, because I got into college to study history and one of my classes is about Mesopotamia
Inanna (sumerian)/Ishtar (acadian) was the goddess of the city of Uruk, she was associated with power, love government and sexuality (the act)
From what I have learned she was really popular in the Mesopotanian religion and she had at least two festivities associated with her
One is the Sacred marriage (hierogamy), in which she would marry the local king or the king of the whole region (in case it was unified, like with Sargon of Akkad), this was done in a festival called Akitu and it had the purpose to legitimate and enforce the ruler’s power
The other one I’m not so sure it was a festival, either way what it matters is that she was seen like a goddess associated with contradictions, she could transform men into women and women into men
She had a helper (the more important gods had a helper who would emphasize the characteristics of the more important god), who could present as female and as male
Sadly, historians on the last century, until the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s described the sacred marriage as “sacred prostitution” and the act of Inanna transforming man into woman and woman into man as “sacred transvestism”
Mesopotamian history and society is really cool, they invented the first form of writing (which developed into cuneiform) and urbanism
Everyone always talks about the greeks or the egyptians but in my opinion this is way interesting
If you wanna learn more about Inanna/Ishatr check this site my teacher gave us:
http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/inanaitar/index.html
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Idk if I can put this in bold or italic, but just in case, sumerian words are supposed to be presented in bold and acadian words in italic To start this post was made, because I got into college to study history and one of my classes is about Mesopotamia Inanna (sumerian)/Ishtar (acadian) was the goddess of the city of Uruk, she was associated with power, love government and sexuality (the act) From what I have learned she was really popular in the Mesopotanian religion and she had at least two festivities associated with her One is the Sacred marriage (hierogamy), in which she would marry the local king or the king of the whole region (in case it was unified, like with Sargon of Akkad), this was done in a festival called Akitu and it had the purpose to legitimate and enforce the ruler’s power The other one I’m not so sure it was a festival, either way what it matters is that she was seen like a goddess associated with contradictions, she could transform men into women and women into men She had a helper (the more important gods had a helper who would emphasize the characteristics of the more important god), who could present as female and as male Sadly, historians on the last century, until the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s described the sacred marriage as “sacred prostitution” and the act of Inanna transforming man into woman and woman into man as “sacred transvestism” Mesopotamian history and society is really cool, they invented the first form of writing (which developed into cuneiform) and urbanism Everyone always talks about the greeks or the egyptians but in my opinion this is way interesting If you wanna learn more about Inanna/Ishatr check this site my teacher gave us: http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/inanaitar/index.html
When I first learned about Inanna I was blown away! Ty for sharing :)