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* In ''Inanna's Descent into the Underworld'', Ereshkigal hosts a funeral for her husband Gugalanna in her realm, which is the underworld. Shouldn't Gugalanna be [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral Attending His Own Funeral]]?

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* In ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', Gilgamesh cites what Inanna did to Tammuz in ''Literature/InannasDescentToTheNetherworld'' as a reason for spurning her (among other horrible things she did to other former lovers); yet the latter story takes place after ''The Epic of Gilgamesh''... unless Inanna treated him horribly even before to sentencing him to spend half the year in TheUnderworld.
--> "Tammuz, the lover of your earliest youth, for him you have ordained lamentations year upon year!"
-->-- [[http://king-of-heroes.co.uk/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/maureen-gallery-kovacs-translation/tablet-vi/ Maureen Gallery Kovacs Translation]]

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* In ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', Gilgamesh cites what Inanna did to Tammuz in ''Literature/InannasDescentToTheNetherworld'' as a reason for spurning her (among other horrible things she did to other former lovers); yet the latter story takes place after ''The Epic of Gilgamesh''... unless Inanna treated him horribly even before to sentencing him to spend half the year in TheUnderworld.
--> "Tammuz, the lover of your earliest youth, for him you have ordained lamentations year upon year!"
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TheUnderworld. [[http://king-of-heroes.co.uk/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/maureen-gallery-kovacs-translation/tablet-vi/ Maureen Gallery Kovacs Translation]]Translation]]:
-->"Tammuz, the lover of your earliest youth, for him you have ordained lamentations year upon year!"

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* In ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', Gilgamesh cites what Inanna did to Tammuz in ''Literature/InannasDescentToTheNetherworld'' as a reason for spurning her (among other horrible things she did to other former lovers); yet the latter story takes place after ''The Epic of Gilgamesh''... unless Inanna treated him horribly even before to sentencing him to spend half the year in TheUnderworld.
--> "Tammuz, the lover of your earliest youth, for him you have ordained lamentations year upon year!"
-->-- [[http://king-of-heroes.co.uk/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/maureen-gallery-kovacs-translation/tablet-vi/ Maureen Gallery Kovacs Translation]]

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