Enki and Innana
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silwritersguildThe myth Enki and Inanna.
Tells the story of the young goddess of the É-anna temple of Uruk, who visits the senior god of Eridu, and is entertained by him in a feast. The seductive god plies her with beer, and the young goddess maintains her virtue, whilst Enki proceeds to get drunk. In generosity he gives her all the gifts of his Me, the gifts of civilized life. Next morning, with a hangover, he asks his servant Isimud for his Me, only to be informed that he has given them to Inanna.
I was reading this the other day, and thought "Maybe how Luthien takes the Silmaril from Morgoth is like Tolkien's G rated version of this?"
What do you guys think?
Tells the story of the young goddess of the É-anna temple of Uruk, who visits the senior god of Eridu, and is entertained by him in a feast. The seductive god plies her with beer, and the young goddess maintains her virtue, whilst Enki proceeds to get drunk. In generosity he gives her all the gifts of his Me, the gifts of civilized life. Next morning, with a hangover, he asks his servant Isimud for his Me, only to be informed that he has given them to Inanna.
I was reading this the other day, and thought "Maybe how Luthien takes the Silmaril from Morgoth is like Tolkien's G rated version of this?"
What do you guys think?
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Date: 2016-09-25 08:11 pm (UTC)But surely it's not the only source--Luthien is acting both as a trickster and a magical helper, here, and both of those are fairy-tale motifs.
Besides, I'm not sure Tolkien's version is exactly G-rated...