ext_12596 ([identity profile] angeyja.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sovay 2005-02-13 02:46 pm (UTC)

Inanna. Not being linguistically inclined, it was my first thought.

When Inanna arrived at the outer gates of the underworld,
She knocked loudly.
She cried out in a fierce voice:
'Open the door, gatekeeper!
Open the door, Neti!
I alone would enter!'

Neti, the chief gatekeeper of the kur, asked:
'Who are you?'
She answered:
'I am Inanna, Queen of Heaven,
On my way to the East.'
Neti said:
'If you are truly Inanna, Queen of Heaven,
On your way to the East,
Why has your heart led you on the road
From which no traveller returns?'


I want to say it's closer for me; but, again, really not any kind of scholar, so just say that I flew there instead of Istar intitially for some reason, and keep getting drawn back. There was also a story of a princess who was her high priestess that I liked. I'm googling but haven't come back upon this yet. Will have to look at my journal archives.


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