Chapter 458 Inanna and Aphrodite

Three thousand years ago, the Babylonian region in the middle reaches of the Mesopotamian River and the Sumerian region in the lower reaches had already entered the city-state era.

With the invasion of the ancient Aryans, the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians and Amorites, branches of the ancient Aryans.

The Sumerian gods who guarded these city-states either lost their thrones and became wandering gods, or were suppressed and weakened.

The city-states of Badtibira, guarded by the shepherd god Dumuzi, the city of Larak, guarded by the plant god Pabilsag, and the city of Nina, guarded by the water goddess Nanshe, were all powerful city-states of the Sumerians.

Now these city-states have been destroyed by the Amorites, and the gods who guarded these city-states have also become wandering gods.

Although the city-states of Persipa and Kuta were not destroyed, the gods of the Amorites replaced the Sumerian gods as patron gods.

Ereshkigal, the goddess of the earth and the underworld who guarded the city of Kuta, was deprived of her throne by Nergal, the god of the underworld of the Amorites.

The Amorites also fabricated Babylonian mythology and demoted Ereshkigal to the wife of Nergal.

Zababa, the god of war who guarded the city of Kish, became the king of gods four times as Kish became the overlord four times.

Uruk established hegemony five times, so Inanna, the goddess of Venus who guarded the city of Uruk, became a powerful goddess whose authority and popularity were second only to Marduk.

Kish established hegemony four times, so Zababa, the god of war, should have become a powerful god whose authority and popularity were second only to Inanna.

But Kish was too close to Babylon.

Inanna, the goddess of Venus, was not overly suppressed by Marduk, just because Uruk was too far away from Babylon.

The Amorites could only humiliate the goddess Inanna in the Babylonian myths they fabricated, and demoted Inanna to the wife of the completely decadent shepherd god Dumuzi.

Kish was too close to Babylon, so the god of war Zababa was completely suppressed by Marduk.

The god of thunder Marduk [Zeus] not only took away Zababa's identity as the god of war, but also took away Zababa's authority in Kish, making Zababa the nominal patron saint of Kish.

In the history of another world, the god of war Zababa only left the identity of the patron saint of Kish, without any myths, which was enough to show the suppression of Zababa by the Amorites.

Outside Uruk.

Hearing that Inanna did not accept her identity, Ereshkigal said sadly.

"Dear sister! You can accept the moon god Nanna as your father god, and you can accept the sun god Utu as your brother, why can't you accept me as your sister! I really treat you as my sister, and I am willing to give all my divine power to help you."

Inanna said angrily.

"Nanna, the moon god, and Utu, the sun god, were once the kings of the gods who dominated the Mesopotamian region! Ereshkigal, not only did you not dominate the Mesopotamian region and become the queen of the gods, but you were also deprived of your status as the patron saint of Kuta by Nergal, the underworld king of the Amoris. Now you are a wandering god who is in a state of chronic death. Do you really think you are qualified to be the sister of Inanna, the queen of the gods?"

"Woo woo woo woo--"

Faced with Inanna's questioning, Ereshkigal couldn't help crying.

Looking at Ereshkigal, who looked like a wronged little girl, Inanna complained helplessly.

"The Amoris made up a myth that I was bullied by the cold-blooded queen of the underworld when I entered the underworld. How can you look cold-blooded!"

At this moment, a shepherd god holding a shepherd's whip descended to Inanna's side with a height of 100 meters and said.

"Dear Inanna, I'm here to help you too."

"Dumuzi——"

Seeing the shepherd god, Inanna immediately said with disgust.

"Get out! Get away from me now."

Four hundred years ago, the city of Bad-tibira, guarded by the shepherd god Dumuzi, had disappeared from the map.

Dumuzi, who lost his status as the patron god of the city-state, became one of the wandering gods in the Mesopotamian region.

In order to belittle and humiliate the Sumerian queen of gods Inanna, the Amorites actually made the weakest wandering god among the gods, the shepherd god Dumuzi, the husband of the proud queen of gods Inanna in their fabricated Babylonian mythology.

Although the Babylonian myths fabricated by the Amorites could not change reality, Inanna still felt disgusted with the shepherd god Dumuzi and did not want to see Dumuzi appear in her sight.

As a wandering god, Dumuzi wanted to obey the setting of the Babylonian mythology and really become the husband of the beautiful and powerful queen of gods Inanna.

After being expelled by Inanna, Dumuzi said shamelessly.

"Dear Inanna, I really love you and want to do everything I can to help you achieve your goal."

"You can't even help yourself, and you still say you want to help me? I want to become the queen of the gods in the Mesopotamian region again. Can you help me realize my wish?"

Dumuzi was immediately speechless.

Dumuzi didn't even have the ability to make himself the patron god of the city-state again, so how could he have the ability to help Inanna become the queen of the gods.

"I say!"

Watching Inanna quarreling with Ereshkigal and Dumuzi, Aphrodite couldn't help but complain.

"Do you still want to fight with me? I think you should fight with them first, and then compete with me!"

"No need to wait, I'll teach you a lesson now."

After Inanna said angrily, she immediately rushed towards Aphrodite waving the golden spear.

Aphrodite faced the enemy head-on without showing any weakness, and the two goddesses with perfect figures started a battle between goddesses.

Because Inanna was supported by the power of the sun god Utu and the moon god Nanna, the two goddesses fought evenly for a while.

"Phoenician goddess Aphrodite, I have been unhappy with you for a long time."

Inanna said to Aphrodite while waving the golden spear to launch a fierce attack.

"The Amorites gave me the name [Ishtar], which is completely a variation of your name [Astarte] or [Astarte]! Did the Amorites think of you as me, or did they think of me as you? Or did the Amorites want to merge the Phoenician goddess and the Sumerian goddess into one goddess? In any case, I can't like you."

"I don't mind becoming a sister god with a deep relationship with you."

Aphrodite smiled while blocking Inanna's fierce attack.

"I want to be the Queen of the Gods of Mesopotamia. As my sister, help me convince the local Sumerian gods!"

"Shut up!"

Inanna said angrily.

"The throne of the Queen of the Gods of Mesopotamia belongs only to me. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will definitely kill you."

"Don't keep saying things you can't do!"

"Are you deliberately provoking me?"

Although Inanna was extremely angry, anger obviously couldn't improve her strength.

In order to defeat Aphrodite, Inanna put aside her pride and said to Ereshkigal and Dumuzi.

"Ereshkigal! Dumuzi! Lend me your power. As long as you help me defeat Aphrodite, I won't expel you again."

Hearing Inanna's words, Ereshkigal and Dumuzi immediately lent their divine power to Inanna.