{"title":"The Wording of Inana’s ‘Blessing’ and the Characterisation of the Gardener in Inana and Šukaletuda","authors":"A. Pinter","doi":"10.52093/hara-202201-00026-000","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present paper examines the wording of the fate decree in the mythic story Inana and Šukaletuda (ll. 296–301). Šukaletuda receives eternal fame from Inana, which resembles the fates destined for great kings. Nonetheless, Šukaletuda’s fate subtly differs from the kings’ share. According to administrative documents, milk churners, shepherd-boys, and novice singers are low-class workers. Thus, the characters who are selected to transmit Šukaletuda’s story belong to his own class, and thus, relativise the benefits of his destiny.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202201-00026-000","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The present paper examines the wording of the fate decree in the mythic story Inana and Šukaletuda (ll. 296–301). Šukaletuda receives eternal fame from Inana, which resembles the fates destined for great kings. Nonetheless, Šukaletuda’s fate subtly differs from the kings’ share. According to administrative documents, milk churners, shepherd-boys, and novice singers are low-class workers. Thus, the characters who are selected to transmit Šukaletuda’s story belong to his own class, and thus, relativise the benefits of his destiny.