More Rambling Sumerology Bullshit
Re: Preliminary 'Girlfriendklok' discussion (all we know is that it's Nathan.)
Enki? Enkidu? Inanna or Shamhat? Gilgamesh?? At the moment, I stick with my Enki/Inanna interpretation. (Despite being on some lame-ass neopag website, I know the story goes like that and you don't want to read the original, trust me. It's mean for oral recitation and there's only so many goddamn times you can repeat a line.)
Later on, Inanna has this in store:
Naked and disarmed, Inanna entered the throne room of her sister. Immediately, she was surrounded by the judges of the underworld, who ruled against her.
Then Ereshkigal fastened on Inanna the eye of death.
She spoke against her the word of wrath.
She uttered against her the cry of guilt.
She struck her.
Inanna was turned into a corpse,
A piece of rotting meat,
And was hung from a hook on the wall.
She gets better, but only because she's a goddess and Enki helps her out. Still, it's pretty brutal, what with her leaving clothing at each gate along the way and then that. Lots of entrails in Babylonian myth, too. Kennen Sie Humbaba? God of the south-west wind's sickness, with a face of entrails? He's pretty badass - gives Gilgamesh a run for his money and some shitty dreams along the way.
It's obviously not derivative; I'm simply having fun with this. On the other hand, tropes are tropes, right? By following a line of mythology you're going to get some things right. I stand by my icon...although the Manager's giving me some Enki vibes too. Hm.
Enki? Enkidu? Inanna or Shamhat? Gilgamesh?? At the moment, I stick with my Enki/Inanna interpretation. (Despite being on some lame-ass neopag website, I know the story goes like that and you don't want to read the original, trust me. It's mean for oral recitation and there's only so many goddamn times you can repeat a line.)
Later on, Inanna has this in store:
Naked and disarmed, Inanna entered the throne room of her sister. Immediately, she was surrounded by the judges of the underworld, who ruled against her.
Then Ereshkigal fastened on Inanna the eye of death.
She spoke against her the word of wrath.
She uttered against her the cry of guilt.
She struck her.
Inanna was turned into a corpse,
A piece of rotting meat,
And was hung from a hook on the wall.
She gets better, but only because she's a goddess and Enki helps her out. Still, it's pretty brutal, what with her leaving clothing at each gate along the way and then that. Lots of entrails in Babylonian myth, too. Kennen Sie Humbaba? God of the south-west wind's sickness, with a face of entrails? He's pretty badass - gives Gilgamesh a run for his money and some shitty dreams along the way.
It's obviously not derivative; I'm simply having fun with this. On the other hand, tropes are tropes, right? By following a line of mythology you're going to get some things right. I stand by my icon...although the Manager's giving me some Enki vibes too. Hm.