Imagine this: a divine voice warns you of an impending flood that will wipe out all living things on the face of the Earth. You are ordered… Read more “Prelude to the Flood: Utnapishtim’s Ark, pt. 1”
Tag: Mesopotamia
I Will Raise the Dead to Feed on the Living: Inanna/Ishtar in the Underworld, Pt. 2
We left Inanna/Ishtar banging on the gates of the Underworld, where the Goddess made an undeniable, zombie-apocalypse threat: Gatekeeper, Lo! open thy gate! Open thy gate that… Read more “I Will Raise the Dead to Feed on the Living: Inanna/Ishtar in the Underworld, Pt. 2”
Hail Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer!
There are several deities who are associated with intoxicants. Among the Greco-Romans, Dionysus/Bacchus served as the god of wine. In Hinduism, the ascetic god Siva is associated… Read more “Hail Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer!”