Inanna, queen of heaven and earth : her stories and hymns from Sumer / Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer ; art compiled by Elizabeth Williams-Forte.

By:

Wolkstein, Diane [author]

Contributor(s):

Kramer, Samuel Noah, 1897-1990 [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper and Row, c1983.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780060908546

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

299.92

Summary: "With the publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths -that of Inanna (known to the Semites as Ishtar), the world's first goddess of recorded history and the beloved deity of the ancient Sumerians. In this groundbreaking work, Samuel Noah Kramer, the preeminent living expert on Sumer, and Diane Wolkstein, a gifted storyteller and folklorist, have retranslated, ordered, and combined the fragmented cuneiform tablets comprising the Cycle of Inanna to create an authentic portrait of the goddess from her adolescence to her completed womanhood and "godship." Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period, the images guide the reader through Inanna's realm on a journey parallel to the one evoked by the text. And the carefully wrought commentaries at once explicate and amplify the power, wonder, and mystery embedded in these ancient tales. Tender, erotic, and compassionate, Inanna is a compelling myth that is timely in its rediscovery." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Translation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 209-212.

"With the publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths -that of Inanna (known to the Semites as Ishtar), the world's first goddess of recorded history and the beloved deity of the ancient Sumerians. In this groundbreaking work, Samuel Noah Kramer, the preeminent living expert on Sumer, and Diane Wolkstein, a gifted storyteller and folklorist, have retranslated, ordered, and combined the fragmented cuneiform tablets comprising the Cycle of Inanna to create an authentic portrait of the goddess from her adolescence to her completed womanhood and "godship." Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period, the images guide the reader through Inanna's realm on a journey parallel to the one evoked by the text. And the carefully wrought commentaries at once explicate and amplify the power, wonder, and mystery embedded in these ancient tales. Tender, erotic, and compassionate, Inanna is a compelling myth that is timely in its rediscovery." -- Publisher's description.