My Man Dumuzi

Here are some pics of the Royal Consort, or as I call him "Sweetcheeks" or "Ripefigmouth." Sometimes I call him the "Serpent Handler." His tunic-snake pops out on THAT one. He is good at plowing the royal field, if you know what I mean. More updates Later. They will be H-O-T so stay posted!




The seal shows Dumuzi being captured at his sheepfold in the Sumerian edin and bound by the serpent-like Ugalla demons who carry him off to the underworld as his bride, Inanna's replacement or surrogate. He is shown in scene one fully clothed with sceptre and crown, his hands and feet being bound with sticks, scene two: half-naked descending via Hell's gate, Scene three: fully naked in the underworld and finally, scene four: fully clothed, holding two fruit-bearing branches atop a walking serpent-dragon, showing his "return" to the earth's surface each spring as the life-force in the new plantlife or regrowth of the edin which surrounds the gods' city-gardens which man was created to toil in to feed the gods and free them of toil (for the photo cf. p. 71.Henrietta McCall. Mesopotamian Myths. [The Legendary Past series]. Austin, Texas. University of Texas Press. In co-operation with the Trustees of the British Museum, London. 1990, 1993).