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008			200205s1983 nyua b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780060908546
082	0	0	_a299.92
100	1		_aWolkstein, Diane _915212 _eauthor
245	1	0	_aInanna, queen of heaven and earth : _bher stories and hymns from Sumer / _cDiane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer ; art compiled by Elizabeth Williams-Forte.
250			_a1st edition.
260			_aNew York : _bHarper and Row, _cc1983.
300			_axix, 227 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_aTranslation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: pages 209-212.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aInanna (Sumerian deity) _915213
650		0	_aMythology, Sumerian _915214
650		0	_aInanna (Sumerian deity) _vPoetry _915215
700	1		_aKramer, Samuel Noah, _d1897-1990 _92053 _eauthor
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