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Inanna and the Halub Tree

Inanna and the Halub Tree

The story of Inanna and the halub tree makes up the first half of the Sumerian myth of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld. The story seems to stand on its own, opening with a cosmological creation, and ending with the death of the halub tree (often interpreted as a willow). Indeed, the two halves of the myth appear joined in the middle, with a shift in focus from Inanna to Gilgamesh. The deep…

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