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Sumerianism (Part 5)
Preface of Gilgamesh.
In the 3rd dynasty, Akkadians led by Sargon(Nimrod?) attempt to create a one world government and rewrite all religious lore. Yes, he built a Ziggurat, (Tower of Babel) but so did many kings. I don't think the goal was to walk into heaven, I think it was deify kings and place them IN heaven as gods. After all, Babel means indecipherable words in our language, but in theirs it means "Gate of Heaven."
His dynasty falls and we have the a woman named Ishtaar claiming to be the reincarnation of Inanna. She claimed to have a virgin birth and married her son Tammuz in an Aphrodite/Cupid situation. Romans record she made love temples full of Eunuchs that forced women to be a hooker at least once before their marriage would be legal.
The first Anti-Virgin and Anti-Christ. She claimed her son (The Bull of Heaven) was the returned god Dumuzi and she was the queen of heaven. So don't feel too bad when Gilgamesh starts dynasty #4 in the next post.
Preface of Gilgamesh.
In the 3rd dynasty, Akkadians led by Sargon(Nimrod?) attempt to create a one world government and rewrite all religious lore. Yes, he built a Ziggurat, (Tower of Babel) but so did many kings. I don't think the goal was to walk into heaven, I think it was deify kings and place them IN heaven as gods. After all, Babel means indecipherable words in our language, but in theirs it means "Gate of Heaven."
His dynasty falls and we have the a woman named Ishtaar claiming to be the reincarnation of Inanna. She claimed to have a virgin birth and married her son Tammuz in an Aphrodite/Cupid situation. Romans record she made love temples full of Eunuchs that forced women to be a hooker at least once before their marriage would be legal.
The first Anti-Virgin and Anti-Christ. She claimed her son (The Bull of Heaven) was the returned god Dumuzi and she was the queen of heaven. So don't feel too bad when Gilgamesh starts dynasty #4 in the next post.
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(Part 6)
FINALLY, Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh was 2 thirds god and 1 third man, probably because he deified his father, Lugalbanda, post mortem. His adventures are cool, but the most important part is him ending Ishtaar's reign.
She tries to seduce him (to share power), but he rejects her. When Tammuz attempts to fight he is killed and he literally throws Tammuz's severed ass before Ishtaar. He hands her his ass.
You'd think that was the end of her religion, but no. Tammuz and Ishtaar were worshipped all the way until the Roman era. A temple to Tammuz was once built over the Church of the Nativity as a Roman attempt to stop Christian worship there. Despite a son and grandson reigning and this poem there is NO record of a Gilgamesh cult anywhere. He was quickly replaced in their pantheon.
As the story goes, the gods make a best friend to keep him occupied. He befriends a nomad and shows him the glory of sedentary civilization enabled by Sumerian inventions like the plow, the wheel, metallurgy, writing, & hookers.
FINALLY, Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh was 2 thirds god and 1 third man, probably because he deified his father, Lugalbanda, post mortem. His adventures are cool, but the most important part is him ending Ishtaar's reign.
She tries to seduce him (to share power), but he rejects her. When Tammuz attempts to fight he is killed and he literally throws Tammuz's severed ass before Ishtaar. He hands her his ass.
You'd think that was the end of her religion, but no. Tammuz and Ishtaar were worshipped all the way until the Roman era. A temple to Tammuz was once built over the Church of the Nativity as a Roman attempt to stop Christian worship there. Despite a son and grandson reigning and this poem there is NO record of a Gilgamesh cult anywhere. He was quickly replaced in their pantheon.
As the story goes, the gods make a best friend to keep him occupied. He befriends a nomad and shows him the glory of sedentary civilization enabled by Sumerian inventions like the plow, the wheel, metallurgy, writing, & hookers.
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