(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)
(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal)
Neti Quote From Text
Neti = Ereshkigal’s Gatekeeper in the Under World
“Sooner than Ninlil expected, a stern gate towered over her,
opened by an even sterner gatekeeper holding a torch upright.
He was Neti, she was told, Ereshkigal’s guardian of the Underworld thresholds.
This time, she was sure, the Guardian had not been Enlil in disguise.
Eyes were not light of color, there were no emotions on sight, just impartiality and efficiency.
Six other gates succeeded the first with a speed she found difficult to believe,
for a feeling of disorientation took hold of her,
as if she were going deeper and deeper within layers and layers of existence, her own and many others.
The strong, soul-baring feeling only subsided when she crossed the seventh gate,
when another even more serious face greeted her and Neti.
‘Sukkal Namtar (Ninlil), the young woman from the Worlds Above
requests to be seen by the Great Queen,’ provided Neti.
Namtar (Ereshkigal’s son) nodded and appraised Ninlil with cold assurance.
She felt like shrinking before such knowing gaze, but held her ground.
‘Since you’ve come this far, it is fitting that you are given the chance to see Queen …
and see whether you can conquer her graces!
Follow me,’ Namtar answered after a time that looked like eternity …”
Namtar Quotes From Texts
Namtar = Ereshkigal’s Son & Vizier
Gatekeeper to the Under World, Messenger God for Ereshkigal
At each of the seven gates, one of Inanna’s accoutrements and weapons was from her removed, Then, unclothed and powerless before Ereshkigal’s throne, Of scheming an heir by Nergal, Dumuzi’s brother, she was accused! Trembling with fury, Ereshkigal to her sister’s explanations would not listen.
“’Let loose against her the sixty diseases!’
Ereshkigal her vizier, Namtar, in anger ordered …”
“To Namtar, who decrees all the fates,
in his palace, the shepherd Ur-Namma offered perfectly wrought jewelery,
a golden ring cast (?) as a …… barge,..
To Hucbisag, the wife of Namtar, in her palace,
the shepherd Ur-Namma offered a chest (?) with a lapis-lazuli handle,
containing (?) everything that is essential in the underworld,
a silver hair clasp adorned with lapis-lazuli, and a comb of womanly fashion …”
“When before Ereshkigal they came, Ereshkigal by their appearance was puzzled:
Are you Anunnaki? Are you Earthlings?
With bewilderment she asked them.
Namtar the magical weapons of power against them directed, but unharmed the two were.
To the lifeless body of Inanna he took them, hanging from a stake she was …”
“Sukkal Namtar, the young woman from the Worlds Above
requests to be seen by the Great Queen,’ provided Neti.
Namtar nodded and appraised Ninlil with cold assurance …”
“’Follow me,’ Namtar answered after a time that looked like eternity …
‘is it your will to get into the domains of the Great Queen Ereshkigal?’ asked quietly Namtar …”
“Ninlil followed Namtar across the silent courtyard, countless passageways, chambers and staircases.
Finally, they stopped in the Grand Hall. Namtar bowed deeply.
Ninlil wisely imitated him before raising her eyes and to see what laid before her eyes …”
“Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spake, she addressed her words to her vizier Namtar,
‘O Namtar my vizier, I shall send you to the heaven of our father Anu.
Namtar, go up the long stairway of heaven.
Take from the table and accept a present for me.
Whatever Anu gives to you, you must present to me’ …”
“Ereshkigal made her voice heard and spake,
Addressed her words to Namtar her vizier, ‘Go, Namtar, you must speak to Anu, Ellil, and Ea!
Set your face towards the gate of Anu, Ellil, and Ea,’ …”
“The evil demons and the evil demonesses who beset mankind,
Dim-me and Dim-mea who enter by night, Namtar and Asag who will not leave a man alone, …”
“Enkidu went down to retrieve them but the nether world has seized him.
Namtar did not seize him, the Asag did not seize him; but the nether world has seized him.
The udug demon of Nergal, who spares nobody,
did not seize him, but the nether world has seized him …”
“Namtar with no hands or feet takes away …….”
Ninazu Quotes From Texts
Ninazu – Son to Ereshkigal Some Texts, Son to Enlil Some Texts
Spouse to Ninsutu
As Ereshkigal’s son:
“To Ereckigala (Ereshkigal), the mother of Ninazu, …”
“Praise be to Enki. Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda), son of Ninazu! …”
“’She who lies there, she who lies there, Ninazu’s (Ereshkigal’s son) mother who lies there —
her pure shoulders are not covered with a garment, and no linen is spread over her pure breast.
She has fingers like a pickaxe, she plucks her hair out like leeks.’ …”
As Enlil’s son:
“made love with her, kissed her; and at his lovemaking, at his first kiss,
he poured into the womb for her the sperm, germ of Ninazu, owner of the temple manor Egida! ..”.
“Ninazu dines on your platform.
Your sovereign, the great lord, the son of Enlil,…
The true seed born of the Great Mountain and Ninlil,
your sovereign, the warrior Ninazu, has erected a house in your precinct,
O E-sikil, O Ešnunna, and taken his seat upon your dais, the house of Ninazu in Ešnunna …”
“Ninazu of the words of prayer, has erected a house in your precinct,
O house Enegir, and taken his seat upon your dais, the house of Ninazu in Enegir …”
“(Culgi speaks:)
‘Seed placed by the prince in the holy womb, born on the bright mountain,
Ninazu, who like a wild bull which lows in its drinking,’
8 lines missing or unclear
(Ninazu speaks:)
‘…… like syrup …… ghee …….
You, the hero, coming from the rebel land …….
O king, the lord of prayers and supplications has chosen you in his heart;
shepherd Culgi, the lord of prayers and supplications has chosen you in his heart.
Who can rival (?) a king to whom Enlil has given strength?’ …”
“Then Ninazu ……, and said to his brother Ninmada:
‘Let us go to the mountain, to the mountain where barley and flax grow;
…… the rolling river, where the water wells up from the earth.
Let us fetch the barley down from its mountain, let us introduce the innuha barley into Sumer.
Let us make barley known in Sumer, which knows no barley.’
Ninmada, the worshiper of An (Anu), replied to him:
‘Since our father has not given the command,
since Enlil has not given the command, how can we go there to the mountain?’ …”
Cultivated cereals by Ninmada in Sumer, they genetically altered grains from Nibiru (hemp, wheat, barley), mountain strains to valley strains, etc.
“Ninazu deposited his weapon in a corner in the E-gida …”
“’Lay with me, lady Air (Ninlil), and share a night of passion by the cataract.
I need your care to guide me through this lonely night.’…
‘Will you carry me afterwards, as you did… to Enlil?’
‘Yes’. ‘This seed of yours, I’ll call him Ninazu, the Water-Knower, Lord of the Depths that Heal.
His will be the knowledge to wound too, because healing and wounding are two sides of the same coin’ …”
“Let Ninsutu marry Ninazu; …”
“Ningiriudu shall marry Ninazu, …”
Ninsutu Quotes From Texts
Ninsutu / Ningiriudu /Ninjirida / Ningirida = Enki & Ninhursag’s daughter via Uttu
Ninazu’s spouse
As Ninsutu:
“’Where else do you hurt, dearest (Enki)?’
‘My tooth hurts me.’
‘To the goddess Ninsutu
I (Ninhursag) have given birth for you to set your tooth free’ …”
“Let Ninsutu marry Ninazu; …”
As Ningirida / Ningiriudu:
“‘Ninjiczida (Ningishzidda), who brings together giant snakes and dragons!
Great wild bull who, in the murderous battle, is a flood that ……!
Beloved by his mother, he to whom Ningirida gave birth from her luxurious body,
who drank the good milk at her holy breast, who sucked in lion’s spittle, who grew up in the abzu! …’
‘Praise be to Enki. Ninjiczida, son of Ninazu!’ …”
“Lady Ningirida, say to you: ‘Your house, your city!’
as she steps before you in prayer, god of the Land, my lord Ninazu! …“
“Enegir lay ahead of the offerings, Urim lay behind them
She brought out of the house what should not come out of the house, what should not come out of the house —
Ningirida (Ninazu’s spouse) brought out of the house what should not come out of the house:
‘Welcome, welcome, welcome o boat!
O boat of Suen, welcome, welcome o boat!’
She laid out flour before the barge and spread bran.
At her feet stood a covered bronze gakkul vat.
(1 ms. adds 1 line:With her fingers she pulled out the boxwood bung (?) for him (declaring):)
‘I shall rub precious oil on this peg.
May ghee, syrup and wine be abundant in your midst,
may the suhur carp and the ectub carp rejoice at the prow of your boat!’
But the boat did not give her its cargo: ‘I am going to Nibru!’ …”
“Ningiriudu shall marry Ninazu, …”
(Ninhursag speaking:) “‘My brother, what part of you hurts you?’
(Enki) ‘My nose (giri) hurts me.’
She gave birth to Ningiriudu out of it …”
Nimada Quotes From Texts
Nimada = Enlil’s Son in Some Texts
Nimada = Ereshkigal’s Son in Some Texts
“Then Ninazu (son of Enlil sometimes, son of Ereshkigal sometimes)……, and said to his brother Ninmada:…
‘Let us fetch the barley down from its mountain, let us introduce the innuha barley into Sumer.
Let us make barley known in Sumer, which knows no barley’. …”
“Ninmada, the worshipper of An (Anu), replied to him:
‘Since our father has not given the command, since Enlil has not given the command,
how can we go there to the mountain?
How can we bring down the barley from its mountain?’ …”
“Let Ninmah (Ninhursag) act as your assistant;
and let Ninimma, Cu-zi-ana, Ninmada, Ninbarag, Ninmug,
…… and Ninguna stand by as you give birth …”
Belit-Seri Quote From Text
Belit-Seri – Ereshkigal’s Scribe
“And also Ereshkigal, who is the Queen of the Underworld.
Belit-Seri, her scribe, kneels before here.
And she reads out from a tablet to her.
She, the scribe, lifts her head, sees me and says:
‘Who brought this one? ‘…”