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Is the story of a fairy tale strong?

In Babylonian mythology, there was a high god named Anu and another god named Istar.

By lingqidianPublished 3 years ago 4 min read

There's one theory that Anu is Isthar, but Isthar is the female incarnation of Anu, and there's another theory that Isthar is Anu's wife or daughter, but in short, Anu is supreme and Isthar is subordinate. Istar is the god of time series and the goddess of the earth in Babylonian mythology. Christianity of later generations is based on the image of Istar, the Virgin... The original Istar, the god of time; Every year she made a frantic trip to the underworld to find her loved ones, and before she left, she would tell her maids what to do if she could not return. Then, Estar was imprisoned in the underworld, and the maids followed her instructions, and with great effort, brought her back to life. What's strange about this story is that in order for Four Hours to do this every year, Istar has to go to the Underworld and die again and again. In the spring and summer, Estal always thought of her husband, a gentle, handsome, intelligent man with talent, and she could still remember the moment when she and her husband parted, and they sang some unknown song together. After that, her husband disappeared and was not heard from for months. She thought he was dead and his body was in the underworld. She wanted to go to the underworld and bring her husband back, but was the underworld an easy place to go? There is a powerful guardian spirit, not to mention whether to bring back her husband, she can not escape is a question, so, before going to the underworld, Istar asked his maid, within three days, I do not come back, you go to the temple to help the other gods. With everything in mind, Istal set out on his way. After a long journey, mountains, starr finally came to the underworld, but, to find a husband of the dead is can't go to the living world, the starr helpless, not only that, in the underworld after a long time, let her mana is more and more weak, she felt her husband nearby, but he can't see, not only that, but her spirit gradually weak, I'm afraid I can't go back to the living. Starr's maid to comply with Iraq entrust, starr in Iraq after the third day, they go to the temple, after some twists and turns, and finally god willing to deliver the starr, this in the world of the living god, use mana, thunderstorms, by fits and starts, in a nutshell: in the summer the phenomenon of solar terms, is god in the use of mana. She felt the power of the living in the underworld, which gradually restored her magic power. Her eyes became brighter and her body began to levitate in the deep world of the underworld. The Guardian of the underworld, who was still her rival, quickly bowed down and surrendered. "I will take my husband and bring him back with me to the world of the living..." "Ah! Your husband is very well here, my lady. I'm afraid he doesn't want to go back to the living with you." The guardian clears the haze in the underworld, makes everything bright, the husband of Istar and a beautiful woman, in the desolate ground of the underworld making love. Furious, Istal came to her husband. "My dear lady, please do not be angry, you belong to the living, he belongs to the underworld, he is here, has forgotten you." So said the Guardian. "So he doesn't remember who I am?" Istar looked sadly at the two men touching the floor. "How did you make him forget me?" "Sing a song! "The guardian said." There is a song in the underworld about forgetting the living, and he forgets you." "What kind of song is that?" "You live in the sunshine I floating in the nether world you looked at the customs, I looked at lang dim yellow you live I live your life is my yearning but never to be my life you are death you hate is the final home to return to life in the other side I'll be waiting for you at this crossing the river" in the guardian's song, the starr gradually forget oneself to the process of the underworld, her eyes grew dim and blurred, Instead of seeing the beautiful woman snuggling up to her husband, she saw her husband as gentle and handsome as ever. She snuggled up to her husband and listened to the guardian's song. Gradually her consciousness grew fainter and fainter, and then she fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was late in the morning, and she was lying in her bed, with her maid kneeling beside her, praying for her. 'Have you found your husband? "I only remember one song." Ishtar sings out, the song of the underworld, and makes the maid forget what happened. In the original answer, I posted the outline of the Journey to the West, but I feel inappropriate, there is a suspicion of revealing the plot, so, it is written in the Journey to the West probably irrelevant western mythology. In fact, myths are very interesting, but if you look at them in a religious way, they are offensive, but if you look at them in an appreciative way, they are full of unexpected surprises.

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