Inanna's Descent to the Underworld

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Sumerian mythological poem myth religious text

"Inanna's Descent to the Underworld" is an ancient Sumerian mythological poem recounting the goddess Inanna's perilous journey to the realm of the dead, her death and resurrection, and the resulting changes to cosmic and social order.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld canonical	3
Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld	2
Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld	2
The Descent of Inanna	2
Akkadian myth of Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld	1
Descent of Inanna	1
Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld	1
Sumerian myth "Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld"	1
The Descent of Ninlil	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sumerian mythological poem ⓘ myth ⓘ religious text ⓘ
associatedWith	Dumuzi ⓘ Enki ⓘ Ereshkigal ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Ninshubur ⓘ
culture	Sumer ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
featuresDeity	Dumuzi ⓘ Enki ⓘ Ereshkigal ⓘ Inanna ⓘ Ninshubur ⓘ
functionInCult	explains aspects of seasonal and fertility cycles ⓘ
genre	mythological narrative ⓘ religious myth ⓘ
influenced	Inanna's Descent to the Underworld self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Akkadian myth of Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld later Mesopotamian descent myths ⓘ
language	Sumerian language ⓘ
mainCharacter	Inanna ⓘ
motif	descent of a deity to the land of the dead ⓘ seven gates of the underworld ⓘ stripping of divine regalia ⓘ substitution in the underworld ⓘ
plotEvent	Dumuzi is chosen as a substitute to take Inanna's place in the underworld ⓘ Enki creates rescuers to revive Inanna ⓘ Inanna is judged and killed in the underworld ⓘ Inanna is revived and allowed to leave the underworld with a substitute ⓘ Inanna passes through seven gates and removes an item of clothing or regalia at each gate ⓘ Inanna's corpse is hung on a hook ⓘ Ninshubur seeks help from the gods when Inanna does not return ⓘ
plotSummary	Inanna descends to the underworld to confront her sister Ereshkigal and is stripped of her powers at seven gates ⓘ
preservedOn	cuneiform tablets ⓘ
region	Mesopotamia ⓘ
relatedDeity	Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar
relatedWork	Inanna's Descent to the Underworld self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld
religion	ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
scholarlyField	Assyriology ⓘ
script	cuneiform ⓘ
setting	Underworld ⓘ realm of Ereshkigal ⓘ
studiedIn	comparative mythology ⓘ
theme	cosmic order ⓘ death and resurrection ⓘ descent to the underworld ⓘ gender and authority ⓘ power and kingship ⓘ sacrifice and substitution ⓘ
timePeriod	Early second millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inanna → appearsIn → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

Mesopotamian deity Tammuz → mentionedIn → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

subject surface form: Tammuz

this entity surface form: Sumerian myth "Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld"

Dumuzi → appearsIn → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Descent of Inanna

Dumuzi → appearsIn → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld

Tammuz → religiousText → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

Ereshkigal → myth → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree → relatedWork → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld

Sumerian literature → notableWork → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld

Sumerian religion → hasText → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld

Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → influenced → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akkadian myth of Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld

Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → relatedWork → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ishtar's Descent to the Underworld

Ninlil → mythologicalText → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Descent of Ninlil

Enlil and Ninlil → relatedWork → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Descent of Inanna

Mesopotamian religion → coreMyth → Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ

this entity surface form: Descent of Inanna