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Read the translation. "As a result of her control of fecundity and her centrality in the "Sacred Marriage," Inanna kept her high standing among the Sumerian deities even as society increased in male-dominance (Wakeman 1985: 8). The poem "Inanna and the Huluppu Tree" gives a mythic explanation of how the throne and the bed used in the "Sacred Marriage" came into existence and, in the process, records a drastic demotion in Inanna's status." ~ from "Inanna and the Huluppu Tree": One Way of Demoting a Great Goddess" by Johanna Stuckey, MatriFocus 2005. Read the Article... |
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