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Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal is the elder sister of Inanna.  She represents the dark, cthonic side of the Eternal Feminine.  While she is confined to Attalu, the realm of the dead, her power is felt in all realms.  She is a Goddess who will have her due.  Humans, men especially, ignore Ereshkigal at their peril.  Those who do not know her, or pretend not to, are rootless and foolish.

Ereshkigal rules with her consort Nergal over Attalu and the seven Annunaki, dread judges of the Abyss. 

Caves are especially fine places to invoke or commune with Ereshkigal, but any lonely place on a dark moon midnight is suitable.

References:
"Ereshkigal."  Encyclopedia Mythica.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/e/ereshkigal.html
[Accessed January 11, 2003.]

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