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I'm not at all sure what to do with: "The religion was originally female-based." A female creator? What? The society wasn't matriarchal. --MichaelTinkler ---- "Egalitarian"? I don't know the facts on this. :that's not a synonym for 'female' in my book. --MichaelTinkler Mine neither. :-) I wasn't sure what the question was, whether it meant: "the religion was not in fact matriarchal". Carry on. :-) ---- The religion focused mostly around worship of Nammu and other goddesses like Inanna and ninhursag for a very long time. Fertility rituals were very big. Temple priestesses got a lot of respect. This is why a lot of feminist philosphies refer to it. Admittedly, yes the society still opressed women, and very few enjoyed the freedom Innana (of course fictional) had that feminists tout so much. Eventually, Enlil worship and finally Marduk worship took precedence. Is this what you are thinking of? --Alan D :maybe that's what the first author was thinking of, but merely worshiping goddesses doesn't ever really imply niceness to women. The cult of the Virgin Mary in the middle ages and Renaissance has been exploded as an upward mobility factor for females (at tiresome length). Feminist philosophies are seldom, unfortunately, connected to historical evidence. Feminist art history and feminist history sometimes is. --MichaelTinkler ::...and sometimes isn't. *grin* There was a "Venus figurines" in an anthropology research article that everyone in one of my upper-level Anthro seminars (five females, one male, and the instructor) said looked more like a dildo....... Though I doubt the author would've appreciated us pointing this out to her, given the tone of her writing. user:Pgdudda ---- I wrote the initial entry--I did not intend to imply that the religion liberated women in any tangible way. I will modify accordingly. --AlanD ---- OK, I'm going to have to seriously plan this out before I change it. The problem here is that how could I ever do better than the Sumerian Mythology FAQ??? ---- :...much like greek mythology Is there any documentation that supports existence of link between Greek and Summerian mythology or is it just author's subjective opinion ? --:Taw ---- Oh, I see what you are referring to now. The wording is a little awakwward for the point I wanted to make. For the most part greek mythology is not taken from sumerian mythology, but there are a few stories from sumeria that had been adapted to feature greek gods, and there are a few gods that have too strong a similarity to be denied. --Alan D ---- Are there any documents on the web that are translations of the Sumerian creation and flood stories ? The general terms here don't remind me of the biblical stories at all. Other than that both are examples of creation out of nothing. Which is a very general sort of similarity, in my mind. -- BenBaker ---- I changed analogous to hmology, because it is very likely that Sumerian stories were sources for other traditions, but in other traditions similar stories may have different functions, SR ---- I recall there being some translations in a book in the university of Iowa that ought to be old enough to be public domain now, so I'll have to check that out sometime. Not all sumerian stories are present in the bible, and the ones referred to I haven't detailed. If you read the stories, the connection is undeniable, so yes, we need to get a link or something.
#REDIRECT Chaldean mythology
Sumerian Creation Myth Myth of the Ages Before there was form or light, chaos and order were the same. Before the dawn or the night, before Goddess or God had names, Anki was the void and lore, the All and Naught inclusive. Alone was It, longing for more, the change would be intrusive. The change came as division, two from one , they were torn. Female and male the revision, a universe was to be born. A universe was to be grown. From Anki came the God, An, the Goddess, Ki, and the formless Sea, Nammu. These male, female and neuter genders were the progenitors of all that is.
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I'm not at all sure what to do with: "The religion was originally female-based." A female creator? What? The society wasn't matriarchal. --MichaelTinkler ---- "Egalitarian"? I don't know the facts on this. :that's not a synonym for 'female' in my book. --MichaelTinkler Mine neither. :-) I wasn't sure what the question was, whether it meant: "the religion was not in fact matriarchal". Carry on. :-) ---- The religion focused mostly around worship of Nammu and other goddesses like Inanna and ninhursag for a very long time. Fertility rituals were very big. Temple priestesses got a lot of respect. This is why a lot of feminist philosphies refer to it. Admittedly, yes the society still opressed women, and very few enjoyed the freedom Innana (of course fictional) had that feminists tout so much. Eventually, Enlil worship and finally Marduk worship took precedence. Is this what you are thinking of? --Alan D :maybe that's what the first author was thinking of, but merely worshiping goddesses doesn't ever really imply niceness to women. The cult of the Virgin Mary in the middle ages and Renaissance has been exploded as an upward mobility factor for females (at tiresome length). Feminist philosophies are seldom, unfortunately, connected to historical evidence. Feminist art history and feminist history sometimes is. --MichaelTinkler ::...and sometimes isn't. *grin* There was a "Venus figurines" in an anthropology research article that everyone in one of my upper-level Anthro seminars (five females, one male, and the instructor) said looked more like a dildo....... Though I doubt the author would've appreciated us pointing this out to her, given the tone of her writing. user:Pgdudda ---- I wrote the initial entry--I did not intend to imply that the religion liberated women in any tangible way. I will modify accordingly. --AlanD ---- OK, I'm going to have to seriously plan this out before I change it. The problem here is that how could I ever do better than the Sumerian Mythology FAQ??? ---- :...much like greek mythology Is there any documentation that supports existence of link between Greek and Summerian mythology or is it just author's subjective opinion ? --:Taw ---- Oh, I see what you are referring to now. The wording is a little awakwward for the point I wanted to make. For the most part greek mythology is not taken from sumerian mythology, but there are a few stories from sumeria that had been adapted to feature greek gods, and there are a few gods that have too strong a similarity to be denied. --Alan D ---- Are there any documents on the web that are translations of the Sumerian creation and flood stories ? The general terms here don't remind me of the biblical stories at all. Other than that both are examples of creation out of nothing. Which is a very general sort of similarity, in my mind. -- BenBaker ---- I changed analogous to hmology, because it is very likely that Sumerian stories were sources for other traditions, but in other traditions similar stories may have different functions, SR ---- I recall there being some translations in a book in the university of Iowa that ought to be old enough to be public domain now, so I'll have to check that out sometime. Not all sumerian stories are present in the bible, and the ones referred to I haven't detailed. If you read the stories, the connection is undeniable, so yes, we need to get a link or something.
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#REDIRECT Chaldean mythology
Sumerian mythology
Sumerian Creation Myth Myth of the Ages Before there was form or light, chaos and order were the same. Before the dawn or the night, before Goddess or God had names, Anki was the void and lore, the All and Naught inclusive. Alone was It, longing for more, the change would be intrusive. The change came as division, two from one , they were torn. Female and male the revision, a universe was to be born. A universe was to be grown. From Anki came the God, An, the Goddess, Ki, and the formless Sea, Nammu. These male, female and neuter genders were the progenitors of all that is.
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