Inanna & Ishtar: History, Mystery, and Mythology

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[@JasonPhillipsXeariaN]

Thanks for this. I've been struggling to find information regarding Inanna. I have been trying to work backwards from some "suggestions" to search out the ilse of Lemnos Goddess worship of Cybele. Who seems to share several characteristics of Inanna, to similarities with Freya, and a nearly dead end search for the location of Jirikal. Which I suspect may really be Jericho. Though I don't have any evidence of except for "suggestions". I've been seriously considering buying Miskatonic Books' Lioness: The Song Of Inanna, but I'm not sure of the validity or accuracy of it's contents. If anyone has any information regarding that manuscript. It would be very much appreciated.

[@SkyeSage17]

I've read the worship of the goddess Cybelle included castration...

[@JasonPhillipsXeariaN]

@@SkyeSage17 I'm not sure how much that was a practice demanded by Cybele, but the Galli preists were reported to have castrated themselves to show devotion to Cybele's consort Attis. Who castrated himself in a divine frenzy. Whatever that means. Although self-multilation seems to be a theme that may have been carried over from Inanna.

[@SkyeSage17]

@@JasonPhillipsXeariaN Awesome...thanks for the information. I love my historical facts.... Someone called me a pheb..I guess I'm cast as a Roman peasant. Referring to my opinion.

[@Frithogar]

@@SkyeSage17 Thank you for supporting the academic study of contemporary Paganism, Shamanism, and Magick by commenting.

[@IshtariRituals]

I’m actually from an Island in Saudi Arabia called Tarout which original name is Ishtarout after the goddess!

[@thfkmnIII]

The Prophet (PBUH) would've rebuked the celebration of false idols like Ishtar

[@pinkdollangel]

@@thfkmnIII Mohammad is a false prophet himself and he touched little girls so I don’t care what he thinks

[@lbrowning2543]

@@thfkmnIIIThe Goddess rolls her eyes at the arrogance.

[@TheBenevolent]

The way you introduced her just made my heart flutter with joy. Ancient Mother deities are the best ❤

[@sasharibbs5157]

I’m a devotee to Ishtar, thank you for making this video ♥️

[@drangelapuca]

My pleasure 😊

[@mangojuice3163]

@sasharibbs5157 what has been your experience with her?

[@sasharibbs5157]

@@mangojuice3163 well since she is represented by the planet Venus and I being a Libra Sun and Mercury my experience with her is that of the mother she is my mother she teaches me the importance as a woman to balance my dark and light feminine aspects to embody the personification of bringing heaven to earth but in a more simplified answer my experience with her has been a positive one on my spiritual journey 🩷

[@saimbhat6243]

​@@sasharibbs5157Good if it helps you. But sounds very dumb tbh.

[@Dantedmc713_]

Hail Ishtar!!!

[@BeatMage420]

I've studied the Sumerian tablets quite a lot and Inanna is complex because Inanna has an ambitious personality. The oldest of the Sumerian tablets relate the gods and goddesses directly to representatives in "Apkallu/Abgal" priests and priestesses... The implication is that Inanna is a true individual spirit with a personality and that she goes through many changes due to her ambition... She goes through an "Alchemical" process through her escapades where she changes herself and evolves on a spiritual level into a more refined being... She's a holy terror in some myths but after her descent into the Underworld she tempers her personality and comes to be symbolized by a dove of peace as well. She learns and grows from her encounters in spite of her underlying proclivities. She's almost like a special project of Ea Enki's with Ea Enki transfering symbols of power to her, rescuing her from the underworld and supporting her growth... Part of Inanna's redemption revolves around Ea Enki's influence, only Ea Enki of all the gods listens to Inanna's priestess when she calls for help. Inanna learns and grows through her ambition making her an extremely complex figure and psychopomp between the realms and the lessons and perspectives she learns allowing her to grow and evolve spiritually as an archetype... Of all the Sumerian deities she's one of the most prominant through her ambition and persistance...

[@robgau2501]

Great post.

[@_osiris]

Inanna - trinity Enki - neo !!!

[@carolynshaw508]

Thank you for such an intelligent answer. Appreciated 🙏

[@JenocidalTendencies]

I must admit that I was skeptical of this video before even watching it, but I want to extend my sincerest and deepest gratitude for the work that no doubt went into this video. I am a Mesopotamian Pagan who syncretizes the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons, and my patron goddess is Inanna-Ishtar. In my own journey I have found so much misinformation, just SO MUCH misinformation, and misappropriation/misequation of her symbols, stories, and divine aspects to other goddesses, and especially the false link between her and the demons Lilith and Ashtaroth. It is deeply refreshing to see a video finally speak on Inanna (and Ishtar) as she actually was, within her proper historical context, and highlighting her as a Divine Androgyne. It was a complete delight. Thank you so much for your time, your work, and your dedication.

[@AC-dk4fp]

Astharoth is named after a biblical reference to Ishtar and the version of Lilith people actually care about is probably inspired by an earlier Rabbinic legend found in the Haggada about a woman named Istehar so the 'links' aren't false, just mostly irrelevant. At least Ishtar doesn't have the Lamashtu problem of only being interpreted as a proto-Lilith and never being treated on pre-medieval terms. While Ishtar is definitely connected to power over androgyny and transgenderality her actual character in myths is far more feminine than even her fellow gender bending bloodthirsty warrior goddesses from adjacent regions like Anat, Athena (less bloodthirsty) and Sekhmet (not masculine just a lioness) and she has no overlap between Hellenistic era Divine Androgynes like Phanes and Barbelo. But look at pretty much any deity in depth and you hit some kind of androgyny.

[@magickalmind]

Lilith is Inanna-Ishtar.

[@JenocidalTendencies]

@@AC-dk4fp Named after doesn’t mean he IS Ishtar, which was more my point. As for Lilith, I’ve never heard of that iteration of her myth and would kindly ask that you provide a source. Continuing, I would be remise not to point out that any and every time you search Inanna or Ishtar, Lilith is almost always there, despite the fact that she isn’t even Mesopotamian in origin (no the Lilu demon doesn’t count), which was more my point in that regard. As far as Inanna-Ishtar not being any more or less androgynous than any other deity…I’m sorry but you’re misinformed. She is very feminine, yes. That, no one can deny. But it is the way she expresses this femininity (and her sexuality, powerfully and almost forcefully, in a way that within the social context of ancient Babylon was considered ‘masculine’) the duality of her nature (again, love and war being linked to female and male respectively), her gala, and the literal lines in her hymns that read that she “goes about the tavern as a young man” suggest she is less restricted by the archetype of a Divine Feminine, and is much closer to a true Divine Androgyne. The divine feminine in her pantheon was a niche already filled by Nintud/Nintur, also known as Ninmah, and many other female goddesses whose feminity was tied not just to love, the earth, and fertility, but explicitly to motherhood; a thing neither Inanna, nor Ishtar, are ever explicitly linked to.

[@JenocidalTendencies]

@@magickalmind No she isn’t. Lilith isn’t Mesopotamian in origin. The name Lilith does share an etymological link to the Lilu/Lilit DEMONS; a group/type of demon in ancient Mesopotamian lore, a single individual of which came into conflict with Inanna in her myth Inanna and the Haluppu Tree. Some translations of this myth call the demon in the tree Lilith, but this is a mistranslation, the demon was a Lilu. Again, LILITH was NOT the demon Inanna met, nor did the demon later become Lilith, only that a type of demon called a lilu came into conflict with the goddess Inanna. Furthermore, demons in the Mesopotamian pantheon and it’s associated ancient religions were considered beneath the gods, never their equals. To equate Inanna/Ishtar with Lilith, who functions as a demon, is to insult the Queen of Heaven.

[@magickalmind]

@@JenocidalTendencies Lilith is the given name by the Jewish is all. Lilith's true origins are from ancient Mesopotamia and could be even far more ancient. Could also be the Anunnaki scientist NINMAH. The origins of Lilith are a mystery and a very complex subject I admit it. I am a devotee of Lilith who I simply refer as "Mother", she who protects me and teaches me 'magick'.

[@wiccelady]

Inanna-Ishtar is my favorite goddess figure. Thank you for this presentation, you did an extraordinary job 💯

[@drangelapuca]

Wow, thank you!

[@DandyIgweOme]

Inanna is the first thing I started speaking when I was younger and I used to see spirits always by myside and I grew up and start searching who is Inanna! Thank you for your review

[@JosedeNoche]

Truly, the goddess has manifested herself to me many times in the shape of a lion, and with your illustrative and academic despiction of Inanna-Ishtar, I believe her essences touches those who are deemed to be summoned upon her fierce, sensual and ethereal call. Thank you so much for your lovely insight of the goddess Inanna-Ishtar 🦁

[@andreateixeira6075]

Here in Brazil, the native cults of the pombogiras in Quimbanda celebrate this same aspect of worldly ambiguity and the imprecise threshold of good x evil and sacred x profane described in the cults of Ishtar-Innana. Come to Brazil and meet the Quimbanda of Exus and Pombogiras! 🔱♥️🥰

[@ale.d.carp.]

Do you think the characteristics are similar to Iansã/Oyá? I was thinking about it during the video.

[@JustSpectre]

🦁Thank you so much for very comprehensive and accurate representation of Inana/Ištar. Her role as a goddess who transgress boundaries is very significant. I would also like to stress out her role as a "kingmaker" for she inaugurated kings who often claimed to be her husbands. What I appreciate the most though is that you recommended Louise Pryke's book Ishtar in the description. This is truly significant work that gives a new point of view on the goddess stressing out her ability to make connections and using these connections in order to achieve her goals. Inana zami/Inana be praised

[@drangelapuca]

Thank you!

[@JoyJoy-wv9or]

John 14:v6 JESUS said I Am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through Me

[@JoyJoy-wv9or]

John 14:v6 JESUS said I Am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through Me

[@JoyJoy-wv9or]

@JustSpectre John 14:v6 JESUS said I Am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through Me

[@JoyJoy-wv9or]

@JustSpectre John 14:v6 JESUS said I Am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through Me

[@christinaOmNamahShivayo]

I did an initiation into the priestesses of Innana a few years ago… her mythos is so mysterious! Thank you for contributing to keeping her history alive. She sounds a lot like Kali and the “myth” of Venus in the Méxica tradition

[@ssam00]

Indeed, She is the Primordial Mother, known by many names, but personifying the cosmos itself. As a worshipper of Kali/Durga I feel privileged to be deeply connected to this ancient tradition.

[@JustSpectre]

Yes, there is a strange connection with the concept of Venus in Mayan and in Mesopotamian religion. But the truth is both cultures observed planet Venus very thoroughly and it played major significance.

[@tychestarot1035]

I'm so happy you did this topic! I love Inana & her mythology. Thanks for what you do on this channel - I'm a big fan!

[@drangelapuca]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@apeayeigbeneghu]

Jus dey play 😂😂😂

[@Hormone-of-babylon]

🦁💜 fantastic video, as a devotee of the Goddess I'm always so excited about hearing additional perspectives on her nature

[@drangelapuca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pujalsvideomanagement9782]

I feel a strong pull towards the worship of Inana. It actually is strange how invoking her name can stir the feelings of allurement and sexual excitement.

[@MariAmmaSar]

She is the Great Goddess LALITHA in South India, to whom many hymns of worship and adoration are still sung today.

[@dionysianapollomarx]

Absolutely in love with Inanna-Ishtar thanks to this video. Structure and anti-structure is exactly just the thing that feels at home to someone like me who reads Nietzsche and writes or tries writing about his work. 🦁 🦁 🦁

[@Amadeu.Macedo]

Excellent video! Yet I would like to contribute a few minor details about the glorious goddess Inanna (in Akkadian Ishtar). 1. While Inanna appears at Uruk and Ur, I must point out that Inanna (along with An) was the patron goddess of the great city of Uruk (allegedly the site of the legendary Gilgamesh - in fact, as you may know, Inanna was very angry when he refused her offer to become his mate). Inanna's association with Ur, however, is indirect; because that city's patron god was Nanna (in Akkadian Sin) - the Moon god - but as Sargon of Akkad appointed his daughter Enheduanna to become this god's High Priestess, she was temporarily expelled from the temple by Lugalanne (probably during one of the many anti-Akkadian rebellions). Since her prayers to Nanna remained "unanswered," she turned to her family's patroness - Ishtar/Inanna - who incidentally helped her to be restored to her role as High Priestess' in Ur (thereby triggering a multitude of wonderful poems exalting Inanna). 2. Ishtar, along with Shamash (in Sumerian Utu) were the sole secondary divinities regularly worshipped in Assyria, where the principal god Asshur ruled supreme. 3. Ishtar's association with prostitution was particularly prominent in Nineveh (the last capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire), where every woman (of whichever social class) was "morally"/religiously obliged to offer her body to (necessarily) unknown men at least once during her life at Ishtar's temple. 4. Ereshkigal (Sumerian: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒆠𒃲), the goddess of Kur (the underworld) and Inanna's sister was also associated with the god Nergal - the Mesopotamian god of death, pestilence, and plague, and Lord of the Underworld. P.S. and FYI - Although I have unfortunately never learned either Sumerian or Akkadian, the cuneiform symbol 𒀭 always precedes and/or invokes divinity.

[@dorefromDetroit]

While I am a child of Innana, it was her documentarian, Enheduanna, who holds a place as a personal Hero. Thank you for this, Dr. Angelica! Im bocca di Lupo!

[@user-dr7kj4oz6k]

🦁 I've been following Inanna for nearly 40 years now, Always catching up.

[@Sojourner30]

This is very interesting given the pearl-clutching that is so prominent among so-called religious groups, the political debates, and the "moral outrage" around gender and sexuality that permeates our news cycle in this "modern" age. These debates are rarely, if ever, nuanced. Reductionist thinking motivated by religious dogma seems to dominate the discourse. I just wish that those who need to learn the most would be open to it. Great stuff, Ms. Puca!

[@timelessnugget]

(Dr. Puca)

[@TheMargarita1948]

The Abrahamic sects generally regard female power as unrelentingly evil. Female power tends to distract a man from his real priority in this life: adoring their God entity.

[@20FreeWill]

@@timelessnugget 🤣

[@melissapinol7279]

I have had a personal connection with Inanna for 40 years, and an association with the Temple of Inanna and Dumuzi. Thanks so much!

[@MQuinn-eb3zz]

At the risk of being overly simplistic, I would say that Inanna, is a goddess of passion. Passion which incompasses love and violence and sexuality and also empowers Magick.🦁

[@jesusbrito5165]

I have always been interested in Innana's relationship with the "two sexless beings" that rescue her. And her relationship to sex and gender in general.

[@davidbell4755]

The more I look into Inanna the more things come together... lt's like I'm being guided.

[@syldrariver]

🦁 Inanna/Ishtar has been such a huge influence in my life and I love when I can learn more about the Goddess. Thank you so much for this video.

[@everlastingauraX]

I've been worshipping Ishtar for a very long time now, honestly I feel like I used too in a past life. Thank you so much for this video. 🦁

[@zindailook]

🦁 Grazie Dottoressa, vivo in una città con un pozzo sacro dedicato ad Astarte, situato su un promontonio evocativamente chiamato sella del diavolo. Non mi permetto salti sincretici, ma fa comunque sorridere la cosa. La sua ricerca tanto densa e sintetica copre una voragine nella divulgazione, e lo fa con eccezionale cura senza mai perdere in efficacia. Sempre. Buon lavoro!

[@drangelapuca]

Grazie mille

[@benjaminacuna8013]

This was so inspiring and a lovely look into such a complex goddess 🦁🦁

[@LaYvi]

Great video, thank you for making it! The cyclical nature of Inanna going to the underworld and back to the upper world reminds me of the Slavic goddess Mokosh, who visits Veles in the underworld during the winter. But her husband Perun is in the upper world. In this situation, Perun and Veles are two brothers. Mother Goddes is an old and fascinating religion.🦁

[@alibaba-vh8uz]

Fascinating subject. I have been mesmerized by the story of the descent of Inanna for some time. I just find the story to be moving for some reason. I wonder... do you see a comparison to the Norse deities Freya and Freyr? 🦁🦁🦁🦁 it interesting how such separate cultures have similar interpretations of the same energies. Almost as if they are "seeing" the same thing? Love your channel Doctor 🦁🦁😁😇😈😃

[@redwhiskey1]

🦁 Just before this came out, I was privileged to watch some newly hatched Osprey fledglings take wing near my house, I saw two Turkey in my woods (they never come out this early), heard a Great Horned Owl (for the first time in idk how long, and which hunt Ospreys), and noticed that a Great Blue Heron I used to see all the time had disappeared. All within the span of four days! I consulted the Tarot to see what it's all about, and when i saw this, decided to consult w Inana, as well. Hoping to hear back from her soon! Always wonderful material w insight enough to judiciously bring into my practice. So glad to have a Professor from whom to gain wisdom.

[@achyleftistwitch]

Thank you! I love Inanna and Ishtar was my patron goddess from the winter solstice to the recent summer solstice ❤ 🦁

[@EdwardIglesias]

Excellent video. A few weeks ago I read Enheduana The Complete Poems of the World's First Author which is a good companion to this.

[@drangelapuca]

Did Andrew recommend it? ;)

[@reneagaze]

🦁 may she guide us . blessed be Inanna - Ishtar - Astarte

[@GoldieTamamo]

"Polarities and Contradictions" makes Inanna sound like a plague/pestilence/blight goddess, in addition to a 'fertility' goddess. Primarily through 'destroying what should not be destroyed and creating what should not be created'.

[@Natacha1111]

Thank you so much. I’m the creator of The Tarot of Aphrodite and Musings of Aphrodite Oracle, and I incorporated Inanna/Ishtar in the Oracle as I feel later Aphrodite was a more sweeter aspect of her. Thank you and hail Ishtar 🥰🌹💗🙏

[@AeriaGl0ris]

🦁So glad I watched this video! I didn't know much about Inanna/Ishtar, and I didn't know how accurate that information was. She's a fascinating goddess!

[@corbindawson2271]

Glad I found your channel Doctor! Love your stuff. This comment is mostly to boost the algorithm!

[@spuriusbrocoli4701]

Really appreciate this introduction & the reminder to be cautious when discussing syncretism. I've been on a real kick looking into the various divine female figures & their multitudinous conflations & aspects over western & near-eastern history. & that entails a lot of looking at teh evolution of figures like Ishtar, Inanna, Aphrodite, Venus, Isis, & the Virgin Mary. But I def can fall into the trap of being overly simplistic in my assessment of when two divine figures are being syncretized or not, so this was a sobering check in. 🦁

[@Janizzary]

🦁Finally got to watch this! The complexity of Inanna is great insight as to how sophisticated the ancient Mesopotamians were! What a dynamic character! There's even a hymn linking her to Dimmi/Kamadme/Lamashtu!

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

You ma'am are gorgeous! Anytime I picture ancient, proto-Indo European goddess, I am picturing you. I've been studying ancient world religion long and I'm now in a place of discernment reading these translations. What a time to be alive!

[@iesureloaded6139]

Thank you Angela for this informative video. Wow what an formidable deity she must have been. I really enjoyed it and look forward to seeing more videos from your channel.

[@damaracarpenter8316]

Echoing others I'm a devotee of Inana and love this 🙏🏻thank you ❤🦁

[@MichaelSplatkins]

🦁 Very cool to see content on Ishtar. She's always been my favourite deity. Her descent into Irkalla is just awesome!

[@random_birb_qween]

🦁 I love Ishtaar! Been interested in her since I saw images of her in the museum as a child!

[@hippybecca]

I hate how Goddesses always end up being described as just "fertility Goddess". They were more than that.

[@JustSpectre]

Indeed. Louise Pryke explains quite thoroughly that denomination as "fertility goddess" si inadequate for Inana. If anything, she was a goddess of abundance. Certain prayers directed to Ishtar even ask her to bring wealth to the worshiper.

[@watermelonlalala]

@@JustSpectre Abundance and fertility are pretty much the same thing.

[@emmadelisle9618]

🦁 Enjoyed hearing about Inanna. Interesting about it compared to the story of Persephone. Thanks for your scholarship. ❤

[@auntsteppie45]

Thank you so much for sharing this information ♥️🦁

[@leonardgooden4983]

Ananda - Bliss in Sanskrit Inanna - Queen of Heaven Cuneiform Inanna - MUS - Muse - Music Anandamide Bliss molecule chemical

[@pujalsvideomanagement9782]

Damn this is a good comment!

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

How is Amanda connected?

[@GooberFace32]

Thanks so much for this Dr. Puca! 🦁 This goddess has always fascinated me after reading about her in Enheduanna's writings.

[@chronicdooler]

Loved learning more about the Goddess Innana Ishtar 🦁

[@RogueBoyScout]

WOW! This talk was really eye opening. Very timely and Stupendous. You may have just given me an answer and the needed Dialectical Behavior Therapy I have so desperately needed and searched for.... .... You are truly blessed. I am broke at the moment. So I cannot give you a super thanks this time. But next time I will definitely give you one to thank you for this. I really am not kidding nor am I making hyperbole.] THANK YOU 🐻👏 - 🦁🦁🦁🦁

[@drangelapuca]

You're lovely. Thank you

[@Lord.Ningirsu]

🦁Bonjour, MyLady Angela🌹 1st. You are absolutely awesome❣Also one of my top 5 favovite knowledge giver 2nd. Inanna is the first Deity I switch for when I lost my faith in Abrahamic tradition, it was 36 years ago, still in love with Her wonderful journey in the multiple avatar She had during History. 3rd. I am not pretend be qualifie to correct your work, but it seen having a little inaccurancy has appear in your script. At 10:25 you say that we have archeological artefacts and other cultural object from the City Capital of Akkad⁉ However, to this day the exact location of the City of Sargon the 1st., is still unknown to us. Of course I may not be up to date as you can, but I believe that this detail is important😉 May Ìŋąɳɲą𒈹 Great Goddess, Queen of the sky and protector of the Ki Kingdom, keep her shield above you and that its magic inspires the most beautiful days to come✴🌒🌕🌘✴

[@lesteryaytrippy7282]

I need this for research. Thank you 😊

[@frostythesasquatch]

🦁 🦁 Another deep dive into something I didn’t know I was interested in.

[@drangelapuca]

haha thanks

[@darcy8567]

🦁!! Angela, just the other day, in my studies of goddesses, I was looking at Inanna and Ishtar. How syncretist to run across you today! Thank you for what proved to be an enjoyable and informative look at a less known goddess. Inanna is fascinating to say the least! Again, thank you! Subscribed and liking.

[@DejectedJester]

As a transgender woman, Inanna-Ishtar and Her relation to gender and sexuality has fascinated and drawn me to Her since I knew about it. Thank you for the video! 🦁

[@bobbylee_]

What a fascinating lecture!!! I was really stuck by what is called Inanna Istar’s paradoxical nature. I’m a giant fan of the DC character Wonder Woman and that of her fellow Amazons. Many times her character is noted to be a paradox given her Amazonian approach of love, compassion and sisterhood w/her identity and abilities as a warrior. What amazes me about the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, is that he wanted more than just girls to have a superhero to look up to. He wanted girls and boys to identify with and see the aspects of strength, courage, love and compassion within themselves. Integrated within them all rather than split off.

[@JourneyWithHavi]

This is a great video on the topic. Well done.

[@Atomic419]

It would be cool to know what the ultimate goal being sought is within these different traditions. Are they seeking favor in this life, a favorable afterlife, attainment of their own godhood, liberation from rebirth, etc? What do different paths promise those people who follow them until the very end? 🙏

[@igcometa]

Hi angela, i look forward to featuring other crhonic goddesses as well, such as isis, astarte, demeter, hekate, diana and kali. Thank you 🙏 🦁

[@BeatMage420]

Also with Inanna, there's one myth that carries over from before the Deluge to after the Deluge... Enkidu and Gilgamesh visit Inanna and Gilgamesh refuses to court Inanna... That places Inanna and Gilgamesh in the post flood period described in the Epic of Gilgamesh... That suggests that they are part of Enlil/Anu's court that remain in the Semitic empire of Assyria after the "Deluge" which seems to cast out Ea Enki as a Lucifer type of figure... Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh tells Gilgamesh of the before times and references Ea Enki as the one who warned him of the Deluge... Extrapolating all of that out makes the Deluge of Sumeria a reference to the Deluge of the Bible and the emnity between Noah's sons being related to emnity between deities of Sumeria in the form of Enlil and Enki... Utnapishtim says that Enki tells him that "Enlil will no longer have me in the land"... That indicates Ea Enki who was once' Perfect in all his ways" , "The Eldest and Most favored son of An" who was a patron of magick, music and knowledge and related to the Feminine is "cast out" of "Sumeria" which is like being kicked out of the Pantheon of Sumeria... I've traced this story to the story of Osiris and Set with Enki being Osiris and Enlil being Set from the PoV of the Egyptians.... THat point in time constitutes a divide where Monotheism begins to develop a war against Paganism...

[@watermelonlalala]

What do you think of the claim that Enki = Enoch? Schizophrenic babble or could there be something to it?

[@racheldove748]

May I ask, have you read on Galzu?

[@MrHichammohsen1]

🦁Waw that was amazing! Thank you Dr for the hard work and awesome breakdown of the topics.

[@L.I.M.E.LighTnTwilightTarot]

Thank you. I have periodically visited your work since being introduced to it through Esoterica, Dr. Justin Sledge.🦁 Blessings and Gratitude ♾️ 🌌👁️☯️👁️🌌✴️🐉🧙🏼❤️‍🔥.

[@darkhing3]

Do a video about dionysus and more chaos magick bitte

[@drangelapuca]

I will

[@artkoenig9434]

A delightful and detailed presentation, Dr. Angela! Thank you!🦁

[@lovemonster7283]

Thank you for your video, I ear voices since my childhood recently I stopped to ignore them and seek to interact with them. One of the voice stayed with me and answered Inanna was her name. Since then I'm curious about her. You've been quite clear. And truly, my feminine anima is quite develop to compare to my desire of power. What's make me a man transformed into a woman at least spiritually. I wonder what she wants of me. She tells me to learn about the psyche, that I'm lazy when I'm working and she gratified me when I'm studying. She tells me to discover the source of dreams. I'm studying since then more and more seriously. Grace to technology the knowledge flows. Inanna is alive !!!

[@Kastelt]

I've been very interested in her lately and this video was very informative 🦁

[@victoriastars6172]

Innana went to war with Marduk over the death of her lover Demuzy She passed the 7 gates losses all her possessions. She is brought back to life. Then goes to war with Marduk This story is connected to the Annunaki, Sumarian tablets… Actual individuals ❤🦁❤️

[@skeletussy]

Wasn't that Tiamat who went to war with Marduk over the death of Absu or is this a completely different story?

[@gingercore69]

Great video 💜 very well explained and pretty good info, some stuff i didnt even know and its a topic im obsesive about

[@aquilathered8444]

🦁🥩 My natal chart, I think more so in vedic, is complete complexity and contradictions. Eerie similarities with her and my life recently. Thank you for your awesome presentation

[@francisconieto154]

🦁Great video! I would love to hear your findings about the Astarte/Astaroth transition!

[@drangelapuca]

Coming soon!

[@scherer321]

she showed up during a meditation session always feels great when she comes in. thanks for the info really interesting

[@drangelapuca]

You're so welcome!

[@chroniclesoflucifer]

❤ 🦁 I luv how you were able to weave in the story of Sargon's daughter. I rarely hear scholars bringing her up.😊

[@JustSpectre]

There was a whole exhibition in The Morgan Library & Museum called "She who wrote" dedicated to her recently, which produced couple of talks available online. Scholars draw attention to her mostly while discussing Mesopotamian priesthood, because she is the best documented En priestess of all times. I did some research into ancient Mesopotamian priestesses and it is a fascinating topic.

[@Davlavi]

Another great and informative video thanks your content.🦁

[@drangelapuca]

So nice of you

[@kandace1806]

🦁 this is the first time I saw this channel and I really enjoyed the way you presented the info and then challenged a different way of thinking and perceiving said info.

[@drangelapuca]

Welcome aboard!

[@EveningStarRose]

Hail Inanna, Queen of Heaven! 🦁

[@cassie1728]

Wow thank you for this beautiful & interesting research on this goddess.🦁 I learned some things I didn't before.

[@MADGuy248]

🦁 what a fascinating entity! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@drangelapuca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrUmbra-ts6se]

Could you do an episode about use of bells in magic and associated European folklore? There are things like Bell of Girardius from Alchemy Compedium, that explain consecration of bell for summoning spirits of the dead. There is also widespread belief across Europe that devils are afraid of the chime of bells and ringing of the bell repels them (I also know of folk belief that calls for chiming the bell at down to banish devil that harasses sick person). I wonder how views on power of the bell to summon or dispel spirits evolved over time and how it influenced magical practice.

[@werebitch1313]

This belief not only survives in some forms of Christianity & Neo-Paganism, BUT, it's also not exclusively a European belief, as it is used perhaps most extensively in several forms of Buddhism. One of them (I think Vajrayana, but I'm not certain) even has a whole massive ceremony around that. (I *do not* know if Hindus also use it or if it goes back to the early Indo-Europeans or not. This would not surprise me, but I simply do not know.)

[@werebitch1313]

My mistake. Not Vajrayana. It's part of the Japanese New Year's celebration, where they ring the bonshō temple bells 108 times to ward off the 108 earthly temptations.

[@werebitch1313]

Bonshō bells are also used as a call to prayer, much like Christian church bells, & at least in the Buddhist ceremonies involving group meditations I've been to (all in the United States, mind you,) it has usually been a bell or a chime which is used to gently bring people back when the meditation part is over.

[@werebitch1313]

There is also a traditional part of the Islamic hajj, called the Stoning of the Devil in English (the Arabic name is less dramatic) wherein three pillars (nowadays three walls) are ritualistically stoned. There are several interpretations of why this is done, more prominent ones being that it is symbolically stoning the Devil or stoning the temptations of Muslims to not submit to God (Islam is REALLY big on submission to God,) but one of the more interesting & pertinent versions I've heard is that the Devil is frightened by the sound of the rocks hitting, & thus, by throwing the rocks you are casting out the Devil much like the bell-ringing in other traditions.

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

Bell is more like you are going from one part of a ritual to the next

[@christianchism9420]

Wow! What a journey 🦁 Seriously, loved the conclusion!

[@imaginaryphi1618]

Thank you for recording and sharing this. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you thank you thank you thank you ❤

[@BeatMage420]

I love this video, Sumerian Inanna is one of my favorite mythological figures!

[@ericbrozowski8240]

Thank you for all your research and insiteinto the goddess Anana my favorite goddess of Samaria

[@joanasadowski1303]

🦁 Thank you! I love her story and her energy so so much! ❤ I would also like to see a video about Dionysus. 😊

[@MissNicoleBrooke]

love love love this video!! thank you so much for all you have taught me these months! you are amazing and a I salute your hard work to help humanity educate themselves and think outside of the matrix!

[@drangelapuca]

I'm so glad!

[@bl00dyyt33th]

I learned a lot abt a mysterious figure I have put a lot of trust and faith into. Thank you for sharing and providing education and light to such a rare thing I see talked abt.

[@bl00dyyt33th]

I was born on a sun-Venus-Jupiter eclipse in the sign of leo ♌️🦁 I’m also a trans woman hehe

[@drangelapuca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rachelfletcher4524]

So excited that you made this video!🦁🥰🥰

[@numbninja]

Another great symposium 🦁🦁🦁

[@drangelapuca]

🖐

[@user-qv4yn9xz6z]

🦁 thank you for this Empowerment of knowledge

[@stephaniemamalis7811]

Thanks!

[@drangelapuca]

Welcome!

[@LightLove_Lotus333]

🦁 Thank You!!

[@stabbythedoll]

Deepest Gratitude!!!

[@maat.isisra]

It's a really interesting video, but what was missing is the connection from Inanna/ištar and the Jesus mythology. Both had a resurrection after 3 days which was celebrated during the time of equinox.

[@gutterhalo]

Thank you for your content

[@drangelapuca]

So nice of you

[@spit6664]

Your videos are always so informative and well explained! Thank you so much

[@deewagner4817]

My patron Goddess is Cybele. However, I do venerate Inanna/Ishtar in my devotional rituals. Cybele the Great Mother and Inanna the Queen of Heaven seem to share a few attributes. Both are seen with lions and both had a gender-crossing priestesshood. Cybele seems less warlike than Inanna/Ishtar, yet Cybele drives a chariot, is the patron of city walls, and is believed to have been essential in Rome’s defeat of Hannibal in 202 BCE. I’m sure Inanna/Ishtar has been associated with many similar victories in far more ancient times. There are probably also more than a few stories of kings who displeased Ishtar who met with devastating defeat. 🦁🦁🦁

[@KattiaV]

Great Symposium. thank you 🦁🦁🦁

[@AlanJas-ut6ym]

Thank you for the excellent video & interpretation

[@cruelzone13]

really appreciated your conclusion, it resonated with me 🦁