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Self-castration in the temple of Ištar (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Effeminates (assinnu)
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.02 Devotees of Ištar
03.02.02.01 Effeminates (assinnu)
Erra
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04.01 Myths
04.01.05 Erra
Eunuch devotees (kurgarru/gallos)
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.02 Devotees of Ištar
03.02.02.02 Eunuch devotees (kurgarru/gallos)
Self-castration
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
03.02 Cult of Ištar
03.02.04 Transsexuality/androgyny
03.02.04.01 Self-castration

Keywords
eunuchs

Period
No period specified

Channel
Akkadian poetry

Text
Erra Epic 4.55-58:
They (= the invaders) summon Eanna, the kurgarrus and assinnus, whose masculinity Ištar has turned to femininity to make the people reverent, those who carry dagger, razor, scalpel and flint blade, who regularly do [forbidden things] to delight the heart of Ištar.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Erra Epic 4.55-58

Bibliography

Lambert 1992, 148

Lambert, Wilfred G. “Prostitution.” In: V. Haas (ed.). Aussenseiter und Randgruppen. Beiträge zu einer Sozialgeschichte des Alten Orients. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag 1992, 127-157.

Amar Annus

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