Enheduanna: Hymns to Inanna

[Guest guest]

Hello:

I thought people would be interested in this web site and this poem

enclosed here from the web site. Inanna sounds alot like Maa Kali in

a way from what is written here in the words at this web site from

Endheduanna a priestess of Inanna, later 2300s or early 2200s BCE,

Mesopotamia. There is also a book noted at the site to learn more

about this relationship between Endheduanna and Inanna.

 

I so enjoy learning about the Goddess throughout the ages and Maa's

caring for us. Maa continues to amaze me.

with palms together

Yeshe

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http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/enhed.html

Excerpts from Inninsagura ("Stout-hearted Lady")

 

a Hymn to Inanna by Enheduanna

from Sjoberg, Ake W. In-nin--sa-gur-ra: A hymn to the goddess Inanna

by the en-priestess Enheduanna. Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und

vorderasiatische Archaologie, 65 (1976), 161-253.

 

The Mistress, the stout-hearted, impetuous Lady,

proudest among the Anunna-gods,

Surpassing in all lands, the great daughter of Su'en,

exalted among the "Great Princes,"

The queen (performing) great deeds,

who gathers the me's [laws] of heaven and earth,

she rivals the great An,

She is the august leader among the great gods,

she makes their verdict final....

 

* * *

 

Without you no destiny at all is determined,

no clever counsel is granted favor.

To run, to escape, to quiet and to pacify are yours, Inanna.

 

* * *

 

To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are yours, Inanna,

To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man

are yours, Inanna,

Desirability, libido, to have goods and property are yours, Inanna,...

Business, great winning, financial loss, deficit are yours, Inanna,

Information, instruction, inspection, to look closely, to approve are

yours, Inanna,...

To build a house, to build a woman's chamber, to have implements,

to kiss the lips of a small child are yours, Inanna,

Swiftness, foot race, to attain desire are yours, Inanna,

To interchange the brute and strong

and the weak and powerless is yours, Inanna,...

To give the crown, the chair and the scepter of kingship is yours,

Inanna.

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[Guest guest]

Yeshe,

 

A stone circle has recently been rediscovered in southwest Britain,

recorded as being called 'Annan's Stones'. I cannot but see that

Annan is somehow distantly related to Inanna?

 

There is more on Annan at,

 

Avebury_uk_/

 

Let us praise the Goddess together!

 

 

KrishnaDas.

 

 

, "yeshe_o" <HZ813@a...> wrote:

> Hello:

> I thought people would be interested in this web site and this poem

> enclosed here from the web site. Inanna sounds alot like Maa Kali

in

> a way from what is written here in the words at this web site from

> Endheduanna a priestess of Inanna, later 2300s or early 2200s BCE,

> Mesopotamia. There is also a book noted at the site to learn more

> about this relationship between Endheduanna and Inanna.

>

> I so enjoy learning about the Goddess throughout the ages and Maa's

> caring for us. Maa continues to amaze me.

> with palms together

> Yeshe

> **************

> http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/enhed.html

> Excerpts from Inninsagura ("Stout-hearted Lady")

>

> a Hymn to Inanna by Enheduanna

> from Sjoberg, Ake W. In-nin--sa-gur-ra: A hymn to the goddess

Inanna

> by the en-priestess Enheduanna. Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und

> vorderasiatische Archaologie, 65 (1976), 161-253.

>

> The Mistress, the stout-hearted, impetuous Lady,

> proudest among the Anunna-gods,

> Surpassing in all lands, the great daughter of Su'en,

> exalted among the "Great Princes,"

> The queen (performing) great deeds,

> who gathers the me's [laws] of heaven and earth,

> she rivals the great An,

> She is the august leader among the great gods,

> she makes their verdict final....

>

> * * *

>

> Without you no destiny at all is determined,

> no clever counsel is granted favor.

> To run, to escape, to quiet and to pacify are yours, Inanna.

>

> * * *

>

> To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are yours,

Inanna,

> To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man

> are yours, Inanna,

> Desirability, libido, to have goods and property are yours,

Inanna,...

> Business, great winning, financial loss, deficit are yours, Inanna,

> Information, instruction, inspection, to look closely, to approve

are

> yours, Inanna,...

> To build a house, to build a woman's chamber, to have implements,

> to kiss the lips of a small child are yours, Inanna,

> Swiftness, foot race, to attain desire are yours, Inanna,

> To interchange the brute and strong

> and the weak and powerless is yours, Inanna,...

> To give the crown, the chair and the scepter of kingship is yours,

> Inanna.

> ********

[Guest guest]

In the Celtic and Druidic traditions the nearest to Maa Kaali is

Goddess Hekate.....Check it out!

[Guest guest]

, "kallikaputri" <kallikaputri> wrote:

> In the Celtic and Druidic traditions the nearest to Maa Kaali is

> Goddess Hekate.....Check it out!

 

Hello,

 

I replied to this once, but I hadn't joined the group yet and don't

see it. Sorry if it posts twice.

 

Penkatali sent me. I have been asking him questions about the

Goddess. I was raised Christian but haven't believed in the

Christian God for some time. Being a Nature lover, I am drawn to

Mother Earth and the Nature religions. I have read the fiction

book, "The Mists of Avalon," which talks about the Celtic Goddess. I

will probably just read awhile here to learn more about the Goddess

you worship.

 

I want to check out Hekate. Thanks for giving the Celtic Goddess a

name.

[Guest guest]

I

will probably just read awhile here to learn more about the Goddess

you worship.

I want to check out Hekate. Thanks for giving the Celtic Goddess a

name.

Hello: Lynn

I have been interested in studying more about the Goddess in her many

forms. My Maa is Maa Kali and it has been surprising to find so many

references to her throughout the ages within many forms out side of

India. I also looked up information concerning the Goddess Hekate and

after wading through lots of information on the net, I found this wed

site URL I would like to share with you and the group.

The Dark Goddess

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/MysticalArts/Hekate.html

I appreciate the study of Maa Kali from the Hindu scriptures because

they speak to what I am really looking for and that is my self. I

appreciate my Mother since she does not wish to stand above me -

instead she calls me to herself and is my Self. She is always calling

each of us, this Mother of ours. I feel she is calling us to the

reality of who we all are. Hard to put into words, I guess that is

the reason for the Dharma and the many forms of the Mother for each

of us to approach within our understanding and karma.

I appreciate you being here in the group learning with us, Lynn.

Jai Mahakali~

with palms together

Yeshe

[Guest guest]

Hi Yeshi,

 

Thanks for the welcome. I checked out the website you mentioned.

Hecate is indeed an ancient Goddess and the site related Her to

Kali. What is your take on that?

 

I have recently been reading "Goddesses in Everywoman" by Jean

Shinoda Bolen. M.D, and found resonance with Artemis. That website

said Hecate is cousin to Artemis.

 

It is fascinating how different cultures approach the Feminine

Divine. I want to learn more about that. It is also fascinating the

many faces She has. In reading about Artemis, I read that there was

originally one Goddess and the others splintered off as the Goddess

religions came under attack from the male-dominated ones. I think

Artemis and others are just expressions of the wonder of the One.

The book also mentioned Inanna as a name of the One. I ordered a book

about her which should be here soon.

 

I notice there is a Goddess of the Week contest here. Perhaps there

are many Goddess recognized in Shaktism, too that are ways of

understanding the One? I have much to learn.

 

Kallika Putri, thanks for your welcome, as well.

[Guest guest]

dear lynnmerril, we would like to hear from you on these various

goddesses like innana, artemis and hecate.

 

that should be interesting--

 

hoping to hear from you on these goddeses - being a hindu, i am not

familiar with these goddesses and would like to learn more about them

from you all.

 

thanx

 

love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome. I checked out the website you mentioned.

Hecate is indeed an ancient Goddess and the site related Her to

Kali. What is your take on that?

Hello: Lynn

I have had an interesting study of it too. I read on a web site

devoted to the Goddess Hecate that her form of three images fused

together is similar in attributes to The Hindu Trinity of Brahma,

Vishnu and Shiva. They are respectively the creator, preserver and

destroyer of the universe. On the same web site since it was Goddess

oriented, the Hindu Trinity was noted as Lakshmi, Saraswati and Kali

- in that order. I find also that Lakshmi is also known to be the

wife of Brahma and Saraswati is the wife of Vishnu - Maa Kali as far

as I know is wife of no one, but does do alot of standing on top of

Shiva! Maa Kali in her form as Parvati or Lalitha is the wife of Lord

Shiva.

I am very new at the study of Hinduism and Mother. I have truly

enjoyed the study of the Goddess within all traditions. But I am

finding that; at least for me; there is One Maa in many forms to help

all beings approach her. I also like the Hindu scriptures for their

explanation and guidance of where this devotion of the Goddess is to

be going and leading to - our liberation into reality and at least

for me the reality is realizing all is Maa and I am Maa too. Again a

hard one to explain.

For me all paths are being "led" to the union with Brahman or the

Supreme Self or Home. And I have for my self found this path with the

Goddess to be very real, productive, reasonable, loving and where I

need to be. I also like being a Shakta within my practice because Maa

does not mind that I am a woman with all that entails too - since she

is in the form of a woman too. I did not find that true within other

practices or religions. I feel real within this practice --- but I

have alot to learn.

Please share with the group what you find within your practice

important to you. I also know from reading the group list notes that

there are practitioners here who are very familiar with Hecate,

Artemis and Inanna as well; who can share their experiences. I am so

pleased to be learning about Maa; there are quite a few Devotees who

can share the Hindu scriptures clearly, that speak of the Goddess.

Feel free to ask any questions about Devi of the group!

peace

with palms together

Yeshe

[Guest guest]

Dear Kallikaputri & friends,

 

I think you may find that Hecate is most certainly an ancient Greek

deity; indeed, in some traditions she has been identified as "the

daughter of Zeus", [Larousse].

 

With reference to Ma Kali, Celtic & related traditions, I recently

learnt sonething surprising myself. The author Terence Meaden has

argued that the name Kali is traceable in Saxony as Kale or Cale, &

as Kelle, Kele or Kale in Ireland; & that Irish priestesses were

known as Kelles, which has given posterity the surname of Kelly.

 

Jai Maa,

 

megalith6

 

 

 

, "kallikaputri" <kallikaputri> wrote:

> In the Celtic and Druidic traditions the nearest to Maa Kaali is

> Goddess Hekate.....Check it out!