Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, in southern Mesopotamia, and its ruins lie in what is modern-day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. #History #Ur-Nammu #Ur #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Mesopotamia #Inanna #City #Amorite #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-128-en/

Uruk was one of the most important cities (at one time, the most important) in ancient Mesopotamia. #History #Writing #Uruk #Urbanization #Ur #Sumerians #SumerianLanguage #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Inanna #Gilgamesh #Eridu #Akkad #Babylonia #Trade #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-43-en/

Eridu (present-day Abu Shahrein, Iraq) was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and is among the most ancient of the ruins from Mesopotamia. #History #Ur #Sumerians #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Inanna #EriduGenesis #Eridu #Enki #City #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-129-en/

🪷 2 Jan is the birthday of #Inanna, transgender deity of fertility, love, war and righteous vengeance. Inanna rules the planet #Venus, entering and exiting the Underworld like the morning/evening star. She is often accompanied by lions and serpents. You want her on your side!🪷

Goddesses I want to learn more about:

Inanna
Asherah
Shakti
Guan Yin
Tawaret
and others

#goddess #Inanna #Asherah #Shakti #GuanYin #Tawaret #pagan #polytheism #religion #bodhisattva

Heading home from my surgery, my life affirming ceremony, and thinking of the beginning of this story:

"Inanna placed the shugurra, the crown of the steppe, on her head. She went to the sheepfold, to the shepherd. She leaned back against the apple tree. When she leaned against the apple tree, her vulva was wondrous to behold. Rejoicing at her wondrous vulva, the young woman Inanna celebrated herself. She decided to make a journey.”

Inanna seizes her own power in this story, power that was rightly hers.

#trans #inanna #ishtar

🪷 20 Aug is one of the ancient festivals of #Inanna / #Ishtar, goddess of fertility, love, war and righteous vengeance. She rules the planet #Venus. She is often accompanied by lions and serpents. You definitely want her on your side! 🪷

Sargon the Great is on a new campaign to establish a base in Wales.
#Sargon #Akkad #Uruk #Inanna #Kish #Anu #Lugalzagesi #Enlil #Ur #Lagash #Umma #Elam #Awan #Susa #Waraḫše #ancient #history #AncientHistory
(Yeah, yeah, I know, it might be Naram-Sin.)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 -

A philologist and storyteller takes on the reconstruction of the Sumerian tale of Inanna to powerful success, replete with enlightening essays to support her work.

https://youtu.be/vwsab4YfhgI

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #dianewolkstein #inannaqueenofheavenandearth #sumerianmythology #mesopotamia #akkadia #translation #mythology #inanna #ishtar

Well, I thought the novels in this series were brilliant* (one more to come, I think). I did know a bit about the mythology before reading but hey, the words ‘fiction’ and ‘novel’ gave me a big clue that the books were not going to be faithful to the mythological history!

*despite not being a big fantasy fan

#Bookstodon #EmilyHWilson #Inanna
https://mastodon.social/@WaywordsStudio/114580167033658909

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗛. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

An original setting (!) and energized retelling of the most potent myth in ancient Sumer, fantasized unfortunately almost out of recognition.

https://youtu.be/mHTDJ_KWTyI

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #emilyhwilson #inanna #historicalfantasy #fantasy #sumerianstrilogy #gilgamesh

I am looking for good, informative, historically/culturally accurate books about goddesses. Using that term loosely to include angels, bodhisattvas, etc. I am also interested in Gnostic takes on figures like Eve and Mary Magdalene. I'm not a "believer" but I love myths and stories and the women in them!

I like books that talk about how the deities were/are worshipped in their cultures, how that changed over time, etc. I don't like books that are like, "Lilith and Inanna and Venus are all basically the same thing!" Unfortunately I keep running into that, so if anyone has any reading recommendations, I'm all ears.

#goddess #religion #pagan #polytheism #books #AskFedi #angel #angels #bodhisattva #gods #Lilith #Inanna #mythology #gnostic #gnosticism #Eve #MaryMagdalene

Fragments of huge relief discovered at Nineveh:
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/spectacular-find-in-the-ancient-city-of-nineveh
#Nineveh #Mesopotamia #Assyria #Ashur #Inanna #Ishtar #Ashurbanipal #history #archaeology #QueenOfHeaven

If you're #pagan, or otherwise so inclined, join with me invoking these #ancientgodsandgoddesses for truth, fairness, justice, and freedom to stand in the #CanadaElection tonight.

(I'm aware I mixed #pantheons. Some don't do that, I see no issue in most cases, as long as the #deities "match". )

#Themis, #Inanna, #Libertas, #Artemis , #Athena , #Lugh, #Liber, #Jupiter #Apollo, I invoke thee to bring justice, freedom, and fairness to our government tonight. As I will, #somoteitbe!

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵” 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗮𝗵 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿 -

To date our most definitive public translation of the story in the hands of storyteller Wolkstein who works to recapture the spirit of "telling story." Evocative, mysterious, and captivating!

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #3words #inanna #ishtar #dumuzi #translation #sumer #cuneiform #goddess

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮” 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

Wilson assembles a worthy-enough fantasy in a terrific setting: ancient Sumer. Even so, the liberties she takes with the original myths undermine their complexity and cater to contemporary markets.

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #3words #emilywilson #fantasy #inanna #thesumerianstrilogy #fiction #myth #gilgamesh #sumer #mesopotamia #akkad

🪷 March 29th is one of the ancient festivals of #Ishtar #Inanna, goddess of fertility, love, war and righteous vengeance. She rules the planet #Venus. She is often accompanied by lions and serpents. You want her on your side 4SURE! 🪷

I've recently written an article about femininity, maternity, and a bit of typography. Topics that are more interlaced than they could look like.

https://www.illugination.com/enheduanna/

#maternity #femininity #typography #sumerian #enheduanna #inanna #writinghistory #obstetrical #midwife

On days like today, I need to reflect on connection and humanity.

I think of stars, tentacles, and healing embrace.

I'm really proud of this piece and I hope it brings you some sense of connection and humanity in the face of everything.

Post:
https://www.revoluciana.net/stars-tentacles-healing-embrace/
#trans #healing #humanity #connection #love #inanna

🪷 January 2nd is the birthday of #Inanna, transgender deity of fertility, love, war and righteous vengeance. #Inanna rules the planet #Venus, entering and exiting the Underworld like the morning/evening star. She is often accompanied by lions and serpents. You want her on your side! 🪷