Chapter 103
Inanna was about to ascend from the underworld
When the Annuna, the judges of the underworld, seized her.
They said: "No one ascends from the underworld unmarked.
If Inanna wishes to return from the underworld,
She must provide someone in her place."
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—Descent of Inanna
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NINSIANNA
Ninsianna floated in a river made of light. All around her, the stars sang a warning.
BEWARE!!!
She-who-is nudged her gently back into the current, supporting her in a flood of emotion, anger and grief, hopefulness and worry, until at last she approached an enormous river raft.
Ninsianna. Look…
The raft shuddered, trying to break free of a fisherman's net. The raft had a name.
Yohualticetl.
It was a she.
She was in heat.
Four potential mates converged upon her.
One of the river ba
