Inanna: the myth

The descent through seven gates

Inanna, called Ishtar in Akkadian, is the Sumerian queen of heaven, of desire, war and the storehouse. Her most famous poem sends her through the seven gates of the underworld. At each gate she gives up a garment or a sign of office, until she arrives naked before her sister Ereshkigal, dies, and is hung on a hook. Enki’s messengers revive her with the food and water of life. She can leave only if a substitute stays. Dumuzi, her consort, is taken. The poem is about power that has to be stripped before it understands the house of the dead, and about the cost of coming back.

The Hashpo persona is original, inspired by that public descent, not a claim to the goddess.

Scenes the stories keep

Descends through gates, shedding power to meet the underworld honestly. Some wisdom only arrives after you put down the costume.

Rises again with a harder, clearer sovereignty. Rebirth is not return to the old glitter.

Holds love and war as twin crafts of the heart. Desire without strategy becomes casualty.