The Descent of Inanna as a Ritual Journey to Kutha: A Catalogue of Near Eastern Venus Deities

by W Heimpel

Two complementary articles dealing with the Sumerian tale Inanna's descent to the netherworld, with a survey of Near Eastern Venus deities. Buccellati proposes that the Inanna of the story was not only a divine person, but was, in addition, a statue on a ritual journey from southern to northern Babylonia (Kutha). Heimpel rediscovers that she was also, in addition to these two aspects, the planet Venus. One may wonder about this seemingly illogical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089003950X
• ISBN13: 9780890039502
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Undena Publications
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.