The Mythology of Inana I Huluppu-Tree, God of Wisdom, Sacred Marriage, and Descent
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Part I: Introduction to the Goddess Inana
0:00 Introducing the Sumerian Inana
8:04 Inana’s Lineage: Family Tree
11:49 Inana and Ishtar: Syncretism
Part II: The Huluppu-Tree Tale
13:52 Introducing the Huluppu-Tree Tale
16:24 The Cosmology in Sumerian Gilgamesh (Tablet XII)
22:27 Interpreting Inana’s Huluppu-Tree
34:34 Calasso on the Dyad: Ishtar/Gilgamesh
Part III: The Inana and Enki Mythos
36:30 Introducing Inana and the God of Wisdom
39:53 Enki’s Magnaminity and the Holy Me
43:35 Calasso’s Version of the Visit to Enki
48:00 Wolkstein on the Inana/Enki Mythos
55:24 Calasso on Inana’s Arrival to Uruk
Part IV: The Sacred Marriage of Inana and Dumuzi
58:24: Introducing the Courtship of Inana and Dumuzi
1:00:42 The Concept of Sacred Marriages in Antiquity
1:02:56 Wolkstein and Lapinkivi on Inana’s Sacred Marriage
Part V: The Descent of Inana and Ascent
1:07:44 Introducing The Descent of Inana
1:10:35 Brief History of the Discovery of the Descent
1:14:38 The Seven-Stages of Preparation and Purpose
1:19:15 The Seven-Stages of Descent and Death
1:21:33 Understanding Enki’s Creatures: The First Muppets?
1:26:12 Ereshkigal’s Insatiability, Grief, and Darkness
1:29:09 Inana’s Ascent and the Problem of the Galla
1:30:43 Calasso on Substitution: Settling Accounts with Wolkstein
1:36:45 Dumuzi’s Dream and Return and Inana’s Myriad Achievements
1:40:15 Epilogue: The Holy Priestess of Heaven Hymn
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