Sumerian In-Anna as Kali even for the Western Scholars
K. Loganathan
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Justin Norris of Canada, was kind to post my article on Om in Sumerian in his Blog. It has generated very interesting discussions among a number of Western scholars. In a recent comment I was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of the comments coming from Jenny in fact compares the destructive In-Anna with Hindu Goddess of Destruction Kali also known as Durga, a point I also made several years ago, What is interesting is that even some Western scholars are beginning to see a link between Sumerians Egyptians and the present day Hindus,
I have reproduced a part of the comment where the full list of comments are available at:
http://www.ancientsacredknowledge.com/sumerian/the-mantra-om-in-ancient-sumeria/
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Here’s one interesting example I’ve come across that illustrates this point. It’s a description of the Sumerian goddess Inana:
“Goddess of the fearsome divine powers, clad in terror, riding on the great divine powers, Inana, made perfect by the holy a-an-kar weapon, drenched in blood, rushing around in great battles, with shield resting on the ground (?), covered in storm and flood, great lady Inana, knowing well how to plan conflicts, you destroy mighty lands with arrow and strength and overpower lands.
In heaven and on earth you roar like a lion and devastate the people. Like a huge wild bull you triumph over lands which are hostile. Like a fearsome lion you pacify the insubordinate and unsubmissive with your gall.” (Inana and Ebih, Lines 1 – 9. Source)
and:
“445-450. Inana, you heap up human heads like piles of dust, you sow heads like seed. Inana, you destroy what should not be destroyed; you create what should not be created.” (Enki and the world order. Source)
It’s interesting to note that if anything is ever noted or spoken of about Inana in the public eye, it’s usually just a focus on the sexualized stories about her from sources like the mainstream version of Gilgamesh. Not much is ever quoted from the tablets that describe quite a different aspect of this ancient deity — that of the destroyer goddess. It’s interesting that the quotes above compare her to a lioness — much like the Egyptian goddess Hathor. And don’t the descriptions above sound remarkably like this classic depiction of the Hindu goddess Kali?
K. Loganathan
My post regarding kaali's wepon:
This a.an.kar wepon is interesting. I see everything about god or godess is personagications, perhaps right from Sumerian period, even in.an.na is seen by me as personification na of inimai good an god. The goddess is called aangaari expressing fiercely on evils harming as a child would see its mother. I see kaali as personification of that quality of mother. Just a copy paste from Tamil lexicon..: ஆங்காரி āṅkāri
, n. < ahaṃkāra. The principle of āṅkāraṉ, personified or conceived as the mother of the five senses; ஆங்காரதத்துவ மாகிய பெண். (திருமந். 1073.)__._,_.___
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