Inanna: From the Myths of Ancient Sumer

By Kim Echlin

Long before the Bible and the Koran, before the myths of the Greeks and Romans were set down, the people of Sumer recorded the stories of their gods and kings on cuneiform tablets. The world's oldest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888994966
• ISBN13: 9780888994967
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Mixed feelings

I come from the land where these stories originated! but I have mixed feelings about the book. The illustrations are great! really took me back to the time when I wandered among old runes with ancient walls and drawings similar to these illustrations, though the coloring is different. The story is about a goddess in old Sumer. Though I believe in one true God that made life and everything seen and unseen and don't believe in these ancient gods, i enjoyed the drawings. I found the story not very different from other love stories in ancient myths. My reason to give it 4 stars is: In some passages the book is written in an explicit language on the subject of sexuality, according to the ancient style of writing on this subject in Sumer and other old civilizations in Mesopotamia. So not suited for children to read from in my opinion! most of Mesopotamia ancient stories like Gilgamesh, have sexually explicit language.