Descendo ao abismo: A descida de Inana ao Mundo dos Mortos a partir da mitologia da morte e do luto na antiga Suméria

Abstract

This monograph aims to analyze the sumer myth The Descent of Inanna to the Underworld, written during the II Millennium BC, by an unknown author, translated by the author, from the english transliteration made by The Eletronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature to portuguese. To do this, we use methodological tools consistent with the document, taking Cultural History as a guide in the search for a Historiography capable of dialoguing with the analyzed document. The analysis seeks to understand how the myth elaborates mourning and lamentation as essential elements in that society. To do this, we first developed a brief contextualization of Sumerian society, and then elaborated on what the Mythology of Death is and how it relates to our document. Finally, we will make notes about what death is and how this process was understood by the Sumerians, before moving on to the analysis of selected excerpts of the poem. In the end, we conclude with our final considerations on the analyzed document.