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Dumuzid, your dream is not favourable, don't tell me any more of it! The rushes rising up for you, which kept growing for you, are bandits rising against you from their ambush. The single reed shaking its head at you is your mother who bore you, shaking her head for you.
Aug 23, 2014 · Dumuzid, your dream is not favorable, don’t tell me any more of it! The rushes rising up for you, which kept growing for you, are bandits rising against you from their ambush. The single reed shaking its head at you is your mother who bore you, shaking her head for you.
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The Sumerian poem The Dream of Dumuzid (ETCSL 1.4.3) begins with Dumuzid telling Geshtinanna about a frightening dream he has experienced. [49] [c] Then the galla demons arrive to drag Dumuzid down into the Underworld as Inanna's replacement.
- Inanna (later known as Ishtar)
- Geshtinanna (sister), Amashilama (not usually, but in some texts said to be his sister)
This dream is embedded within the framework of the larger epic of the Descent of Inanna, and not only is the dream text itself included but also its interpretation, by Dumuzi's sister Geshtin-anna. She appears to have played the role of a professional dream interpretress.
- Curtiss Hoffman
- 2004
Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz , known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd and to the Canaanites as Adon , is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna .
The earliest of these texts, evidently the earliest recorded dream in history, is the dream of Dumuzi of Uruk. This dream is embedded within the framework of the larger epic of the descent of Inanna, and not only is the dream text itself included but also its interpretation, by Dumuzi’s sister Geshtin-anna.
evidently the earliest recorded dream in history, is the dream of Dumuzi of Uruk. This dream is embedded within the framework of the larger epic of the Descent of. Inanna, and not only is the...
