Goddess Ereshkigal Archive

Irkalla – Underworld With No Return Ruled By Ereshkigal, Granddaughter Of Enlil And Sister Of Inanna

AncientPages.com | October 20, 2021

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Babylonian mythology, Irkalla was the underworld from which there was no return. The realm of the dead or the lower world was

Underworld was not a pleasant realm of existence, a dark, dusty land, where the bread did not taste good, their garments were only feathers to protect them from the cold and water to drink was brackish.

Civilizations

Death And Afterlife In Sumerian Beliefs

AncientPages.com | May 12, 2017

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Our knowledge about the Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs comes from literary texts recorded on cuneiform clay tablets and most of this material is Sumerian. According