Showing posts with label astoroth. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Astoroth - Inanna - Isis

Ereshkigal - 𒀭𒊩𒆠𒃲 - Astoroth/Inanna's Sister

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  • Also known as Allatu, Irkalla, Ninkigal
  • Is Astoroth/Inanna's Sister
   "Ereshkigal (also known as Irkalla and Allatu) is the Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead who rules the underworld. Her name translates as 'Queen of the Great Below' or 'Lady of the Great Place.' The word 'great' should be understood as 'vast,' not 'exceptional' and referred to the land of the dead which was thought to lie beneath the Mountains of Sunset to the west and was known as Kurnugia ('the Land of No Return'). Kurnugia was an immense realm of gloom under the earth, where the souls of the dead drank from muddy puddles and ate dust. Ereshkigal ruled over these souls from her palace Ganzir, located at the entrance to the underworld, and guarded by seven gates which were kept by her faithful servant Neti. She ruled her realm alone until the war god Nergal (also known as Erra) became her consort and co-ruler for six months of the year.
   Erishkigal is the older sister of the goddess Inanna and best known for the part she plays in the famous Sumerian poem The Descent of Inanna (c. 1900-1600 BCE). Her first husband (and father of the god Ninazu) was the Great Bull of Heaven, Gugalana, who was killed by the hero Enkidu in The Epic of Gilgamesh. Her second husband (or consort) was the god Enlil with whom she bore a son, Namtar, and by another consort her daughter Nungal (also known as Manungal) was conceived, an underworld deity who punished the wicked and was associated with healing and retribution. Her fourth consort was Nergal, the only mate who agreed to remain with her in the realm of the dead."
                                                -Taken FROM HERE!

 
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Friday, February 16, 2018

Gates of Hell

   Not a very detailed picture, but it is a rough drawing about the size of Hell's gates and Astoroth in comparison to my guardian and I. Here's a quick exerpt from my 2013 Black Book I wrote on this subject: "I thanked Botis with the utmost respect, and he left as quickly as he came (I had summoned him to ask for help and wisdom in my struggling school life). Later that night, I was drifting in the astral, in hopes of learning something - and Labolas found me drifting in the darkness. He told me he was going to bring me to he gates of Hell, and nothing more.
   As Labolas was taking me there, a ceiling came into view, and it was like the inside of a cave. The ceiling seemed to be as high as the clouds, and the stalagmites hanging up there were small, with a gold shimmer.  Like stars in the sky clumped together in the darkness, but shining brightly on the ceiling, like fine glitter. This was certainly a magnificent sight indeed! The floor however, was nothing but a pale glittering sand, simply reflecting the dim light of above.
   After Labolas brought me through the long way, we came upon a gigantic, emerald-green dragon! I mean, this dragon was HUGE! It didn't meet the ceiling of the cave, but it came about half way. Labolas told me that this dragon was Astoroth, and that she took turns protecting the gates of Hell. Although it was here and there, it was in the form of a magnificent, emerald-green dragon. As I looked into her large and yellow eye, she stretched upwards to show her full height. Following her with my eyes, I noticed the ceiling again, but this time it was sparkling navy-blue!
   The gates where a cherry-red color, with a very dark silver border, as well as embroidered with silver leafs, and detailed thoroughly.