El descenso de Inanna
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 1137-4802
Year of publication: 2022
Issue Title: El viaje del héroe
Issue: 53
Pages: 25-49
Type: Article
More publications in: Trama y fondo: revista de cultura
Abstract
We analyse one of the oldest original stories in the world, the descent of Inanna, Sumerian goddess of love and war, to the underworld. The poem narrates her descent, by the road of no return, to the kingdom of death, ruled by her sister Ereshkigal. It will be thanks to the intervention of her father Enki, God of the waters, that Inanna awakens and returns to life. We locate in the myth the different milestones of the hero's journey established by Campbell, focusing especially on the mystical weddings that constitute the zenith of the journey. We find in the myth of Inanna the representation of the Royal Wedding in the resurrection rite that Enki elaborates for Inanna. This would be equivalent to the union of the underworld with life, of the unconscious with the universal consciousness, in other words, to the renewing synthesis of the opposites. We also note the intimate connection of the concept of the navel of the world or axis mundi with the hero.
Bibliographic References
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- CAMPBELL, Joseph (1949): The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Bollingen Foundation inc. New york. trad. 1959 El héroe de las mil caras. Psicoanálisis del mito. Fondo de cultura económica: méxico
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- El descenso de Inanna. Poema completo en español: https://deinanna.com/poema-sumerio/descenso-inanna/
- Otros poemas sobre Inanna: https://litsdelaant.wordpress.com/mesopotamia/inanna-diosa-delcielo-y-de-la-tierra/