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Inktober 13: Ereshkigal, Queen of the Nether World.
In those days, in those distant days,
in those nights, in those remote nights,
in those years, in those distant years;
in days of yore, when the necessary things
had been brought into manifest existence,
in days of yore, when the necessary things
had been for the first time properly cared for,
when bread had been tasted for the first time
in the shrines of the Land,
when the ovens of the Land had been made to work,
when the heavens had been separated from the earth,
when the earth had been delimited from the heavens,
when the fame of mankind had been established,
when An had taken the heavens for himself,
when Enlil had taken the earth for himself,
when the nether world had been given
to Ereshkigal as a giftβ¦
From a Sumerian text, taken fromΒ here .
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"I am so damn tired of this shit. No really, i am fed up. I cannot bear this shit..."
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me on saturday morning, so close to a hopefully unwinding sunday
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I love her expression. It says to me, "I've got ninety-nine problems, and my little sister Inanna is every, single one of them."
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Haha! Yes, I can really see her thinking that.
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I love her, perfect! Talia is for drawing her after so long. Sheβs my fave underworld goddess ruler, aside from Sedna.
both powerl women in charge and either get the man she wants, or stays out of marriage.
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Thank you! She's one of my favorites too. ^^
Her first husband Gugalanna seems to have died somehow and in later stories she married Nergal (either by force or by her own choice depending on the version). But married or not Ereshkigal seems to be the main ruler of the underworld.
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Either way, Lady has taste, I like them hairy, brute types. lol Thou hairy skinny pale nerds like Hades are okay, if they're well hung.
Hades: "HEY!"
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"You know, Senda is the goddess of the underworld, and the sea, she's like if Poseidon knocked up Hades." Lamia joked.
"Oh, thank you, now I can't turn my back on Poseidon ever again." Hades frowned.
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I don't know what she's looking at, but she looks 1000% done with it!!! X'D
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I don't know what she's looking at, either, but she is indeed very done with it. XD
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Well, she is the goddess of the Sumerian underworld. I suppose that makes her a death goddess, even if she isn't death herself.
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"When the nether world had been given to Ereshkigal as a gift ..."
I love how her face is practically screaming, "Should've kept the receipt for this gift."
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Haha! I was going for the stern and unimpressed look, since underworld gods tend to be like that, but it also could be interpreted that she's unimpressed with her "gift". XD
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I love the contrast of the gold with the rest of dark colors, specially on her eyes <3
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Thank you! I wanted the gold color to be the only more bright color in the drawing. ^^
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bh, gold eyes always feel so supernatural for me (and I don't mean light amber that almost looks yellow, but a pure gold color)
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I was going for the stern and unimpressed look, but it rather looks like she needs some sleep. XD
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More like "Some fine gift they got me there."
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Thanks! Yeah, in some of the stories she doesn't exactly seem to have a happy life. At least in the story "Nergal and Ereshkigal" (the Assyrian version) she seems to get a good marriage with Nergal.
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It's my pleasure! You always draw emotions so well ...Β
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