Inanna's Descent to the Underworld - Inanna's Descent to the Underworld

Japanese: イナンナの冥界下り - いなんなのめいかいくだり
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld - Inanna's Descent to the Underworld


[Venus myth of ancient West Asia]
In the late Neolithic period, the worship of a specific goddess was derived from this worship of the mother goddess, to which a series of myths were later added, and the goddess came to have a specific name. The oldest Venus myth known today is about the Sumerian goddess Inanna and the male god Dumuzi, and the Sumerian text called "Inanna's Descent to the Underworld" tells this myth in detail. It is a complex story, originally estimated to have been over 400 lines in total, and includes the theme that Inanna descends to the underworld and is unable to return to earth, so Dumuzi (here Inanna's husband) is brought to the underworld in her place, and Dumuzi's sister Geshtinanna descends to the underworld in search of him.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Inanna's descent to the underworld" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[古代西アジアのビーナス神話]
 新石器時代後期に,この地母神崇拝から特定の女神の崇拝が派生し,のちにこれに一連の神話が付け加えられ,この女神は特定の名をもつようになった。今日知られている最古の〈ビーナス神話〉はシュメールの女神イナンナInannaと男神ドゥムジに関するもので,《イナンナの冥界下り》と呼ばれているシュメール語文書が最も詳しくこの神話を伝えている。これはもとは総計400行以上あったと推定される複雑な構成をもつ物語で,イナンナが冥界に下りて地上に戻れなくなり,ドゥムジ(ここではイナンナの夫)が身代りに冥界に連れてこられ,それを求めてドゥムジの姉ゲシュティンアンナが冥界へ下るというテーマを含んでいる。…

※「イナンナの冥界下り」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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