ISHTAR AND TAMMUZ
The Divinity Ishtar, in her youth, prized Tammuz, God of the group. He returned her love, but he was killed by a boar. Ishtar was devastated by his heath.At the same time as Tammuz died, all plant life died. The plants would no longer colleague, and humans were no longer full of beans sexually, and the Earth, herself, was dying. Ishtar knew that Tammuz was in the Criminal world which was ruled by her sister Erishkigal.
To set upon Erishkigal, Ishtar had to repair the seven gates of the Criminal world and at each impertinence relent some of her jewelry or a garment until overwhelmingly she stood prematurely her sister exposed, blatant and positively aimless.
Ishtar laments: "Tammuz is dead!"
Ishtar looks up at Sin, the Moon God and asks: "Sin, my set out, what shall we do? Fading my love Tammuz, the Earth's womb is sterile. The fields well need no crops and my creatures will need no environmentally friendly. Abuse me father!"
Sin replies: Since can I do, sister? I am the Moon who lights up the night. I can bring rest, but not fruitfulness; visions, but not deeds; understanding, but not action. Such things belong to Earth. Since can I do?"
Ishtar turns to Shamash, and pleads: "Shamash, my brother, what shall I do?"
Shamash replies: "Since can I do sister? I am the sun who lights up the day, twinkling upon your Earth to bring it heat. I can buzz forth your crops subsequently they are sown...and warm your environmentally friendly subsequently they are born; but I cannot sow the particle, or fertilize the womb. Such things belong to Earth. Since can I do?"
Ishtar appeals overwhelmingly to Ea: "Ea, my brother, help me! You are wisdom, you are magic, you are the air which my creatures breath. Abuse me!"
Ea does not remedy for a moment; then he stands up, as Sin and Shamash also do formerly he commands them. "Be upstanding, my brothers. Anguish and renunciation will not help our sister, nor bring Tammuz to life. Since is wisdom and what is magic?
Judiciousness is knowledge of the laws of the universe, which are best quality than each of us lost. And magic is the courage to buzz upon them. So let us call! It is a low of because, that death follows life, and rebirth follows death. Tammuz may guise to die, but his rebirth penury sign as the peak rudder turns. We buzz upon the laws of because - we clal upon the rudder of rebirth!"
Sin and Shamash also threw up their arms. Ishtar takes Tammuz's hand and all three diagonal up the cry: "We buzz upon the rudder of rebirth!"
Tammuz opens his eyes and sits up. Ishtar stands and reposition him to his feet, saying: "Eager Tammuz is reborn, the fruits of the Earth are ours subsequently excellent.
Predict them forth, let us assistance them!"
