Young and beautiful Salomé danced for Herod, his lords, commanders, and leading men of the bestate/b, peeling off each of seven veils in turn until she was wearing little or nothing. b.../b It states that the Goddess Innana who descended into Hades seeking her lover bDamouz/b. Her battle out of the underworld brought fertility to the land. This ancient poem, sites Innana (Ishtar) at each of the seven gates of the underworld, Inanna removing part of her regalia. b.../b
Young and beautiful Salomé danced for Herod, his lords, commanders, and leading men of the bestate/b, peeling off each of seven veils in turn until she was wearing little or nothing. b.../b It states that the Goddess Innana who descended into Hades seeking her lover bDamouz/b. Her battle out of the underworld brought fertility to the land. This ancient poem, sites Innana (Ishtar) at each of the seven gates of the underworld, Inanna removing part of her regalia. b.../b
