Encyclopedia of World MythologyBarnes & Noble Books, 2001 - 320 pages |
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... INANNA A SUMERIAN GODDESS with a com- plex mythological persona , perhaps the result of a syncretism between a local ... Inanna's association with warfare , aggression and lust for power as well as childbirth and erotic attraction . The ...
... INANNA A SUMERIAN GODDESS with a com- plex mythological persona , perhaps the result of a syncretism between a local ... Inanna's association with warfare , aggression and lust for power as well as childbirth and erotic attraction . The ...
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... INANNA'S DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD INANNA , ' QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND earth ' , decides to go down to the under- world . Realising the danger that such an undertaking involves , even for a god- dess of her power , she makes contin- gency ...
... INANNA'S DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD INANNA , ' QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND earth ' , decides to go down to the under- world . Realising the danger that such an undertaking involves , even for a god- dess of her power , she makes contin- gency ...
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... Inanna , whom she prefers over the ' Farmer ' when both com- pete for her hand . While some poetic texts celebrate ... Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ' he has to take her place among the dead , in other myths no direct cause of his ...
... Inanna , whom she prefers over the ' Farmer ' when both com- pete for her hand . While some poetic texts celebrate ... Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ' he has to take her place among the dead , in other myths no direct cause of his ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus