Enheduanna Quotes

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Enheduanna (Sumerian: 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾, also transliterated as Enheduana or En-hedu-ana, fl. 23rd century BCE) is the earliest known poet whose name has been recorded. She was the High Priestess of the goddess Inanna and the moon god Nanna/Sin.

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Also known as: En-hedu-ana, Enheduana

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She stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to her, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance.

Your great deeds are unparallelled, your magnificence is praised! Young woman, Inana, your praise is sweet!

Her great heart performs her bidding.

Humbling huge mountains as if they were piles of litter, ... She brings about the destruction of the mountain lands from east to west.

Her wrath is a devastating flood which no one can withstand.
A great watercourse, she abases those whom she despises.
The mistress, a hurin bird who lets no one escape.
Inana, a falcon preying on the gods.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Enheduanna (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.