The myth of Inanna and Šukaletuda: sexual violence in Sumer
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1983-201X.81427Keywords:
Mithology, Inanna, Šukaletuda, Sumer, RapeAbstract
The following article analyzes a case of sexual violence through a Sumerian myth known as Inanna and Šukaletuda, where Sumerian goddess Inanna is raped by the bad gardener, Šukaletuda, establishing a parallelism between the sexual crime committed against the goddess, and those that are being standard practice in the various Middle East armed conflicts, especially in Syria. The myth also explores the ill-fated dissociation between the concepts of being and nature, in which we understand feminine condition is intrinsically added, represented by goddess Inanna.Downloads
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