Ereshkigal
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I sing now of the Great Queen of Irkalla Goddess Who dwells in pregnant darkness Fearsome Queen Corpse Queen Ereshkigal of the razor eyes and inflamed heart Oft-forgotten sister of bright Inanna Fearsome Queen Corpse Queen Ereshkigal, Who rules in brilliant blackness In the howling abyss Where hungry spirits thirst for
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Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Great Below, or the Sumerian Underworld, is less well known today than Her brighter sister Inanna. The Underworld is also called Irkalla. Sometimes Her name is given as Irkalla, in the same way that in Greece Haides could signify both the Underworld and its ruler. Ereshkigal is the daughter of
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The Gods of the Month for August are Ereshkigal, Apis, and the Hindu Ganesh. Ereshkigal is the Sumerian Goddess of the Underworld, the sister of more well-known Inanna. Ereshkigal is an official part of the Neos Alexandria pantheon, but Her sister Inanna is not. This is because in Alexandria Ereshkigal became much more popular than
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Yesterday I went to the South Bend Library Book Sale, and I made out like a bandit! I spent only $33, and got a HUGE bag of over 40 books, most of them good, scholarly stuff on Greece and Egypt, with titles like “Daily Life of the Etruscans”, “In the Shadow of the Pyramids”, and
Temple of Athena the Savior 