Fighting the Mountain: Some Observations on the Sumerian Myths of Inanna and Ninurta*
@article{Karahashi2004FightingTM, title={Fighting the Mountain: Some Observations on the Sumerian Myths of Inanna and Ninurta*}, author={Fumi Karahashi}, journal={Journal of Near Eastern Studies}, year={2004}, volume={63}, pages={111 - 118} }
Two Sumerian mythological compositions share the motif of a god fighting a mountain. One, Inanna and Ebih, tells how Inanna fights and conquers Mount Ebih; the other, Lugal-e, tells how Ninurta, Inanna’s male counterpart, campaigns against Asag, which may symbolize a stone or a mountain. In this paper, I will compare and contrast the accounts of Inanna’s and Ninurta’s mountain-fighting. Naturally our main texts are Inanna and Ebih and Lugal-e, but other texts will also be brought in when…
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