Editing Inanna (section)

=== ''Song of Agushaya'' ===
{{main|Agushaya Hymn}}

The ''Song of Agushaya'',<ref>
{{cite book |author=Foster, Benjamin R. |year=2005c |title=Before the Muses: An anthology of Akkadian literature |publisher=Bethesda |pages=96–106}}

{{cite AV media |title=Agušaya&nbsp;A (VS 10, 214) |id=7493 |medium=image, transcription, & translation |website=Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL) |series=Institute of Archaeology |publisher=[[The Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] / [[Universität Leipzig]] |place=Jerusalem, IL / Leipzig, DE |url=https://seal.huji.ac.il/node/7493?tid=114}}

{{cite AV media |title=Agušaya&nbsp;B (RA 15, 159ff) |id=7494 |medium=image, transcription, & translation |website=Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL) |series=Institute of Archaeology |publisher=[[The Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] / [[Universität Leipzig]] |place=Jerusalem, IL / Leipzig, DE |url=https://seal.huji.ac.il/node/7494?tid=114}}
</ref> an Akkadian text presumably from the time of [[Hammurabi]], tells a myth mixed with hymnic passages: the war goddess Ishtar is filled with constant wrath and plagues the earth with war and battle. With her roar, she finally even threatens the wise god Ea in Apsû. He appears before the assembly of gods and decides (similar to Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgameš) to create an equal opponent for Ishtar. From the dirt of his fingernails he forms the powerful goddess Ṣaltum ("fight, quarrel"), whom he instructs to confront Ishtar disrespectfully and plague her day and night with her roar. The text section with the confrontation of both goddesses is not preserved, but it is followed by a scene in which Ishtar demands from Ea to call Ṣaltum back, which he does. Subsequently, Ea establishes a festival in which henceforth a "whirl dance" (''gūštû'') is to be performed annually in commemoration of the events. The text ends with the statement that Ishtar's heart has calmed down.