%0 Journal Article
%T Ecology of the Erotic in a Myth of Inanna
%A Judy Grahn
%J International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
%D 2010
%I 
%X Myths of Mesopotamian Goddess Inanna, planet Venus in the ancient Sumerian pantheon, have been useful in psychological processes of contemporary women. A lesser-known myth, ¡°Inanna and Shukaletuda,¡± includes sexual transgression against the deity and ties the deified erotic feminine with fecundity and sacredness of fields and trees. Interpretation of Inanna¡¯s love poems and poems of nature¡¯s justice contextualizes ecofeminist relevance to psychological issues. Deconstruction of rich imagery illustrates menstrual power as female authority, erotic as a female aesthetic bringing order, and transgender as sacred office of transformation. Meador¡¯s (2000) interpretation of three Inanna poems by a high priestess of ancient Ur provides four new archetypes for women that situate an axisfor further understanding of ¡°Inanna and Shukaletuda.¡±
%K ecofeminism
%K Inanna
%K archetype
%K erotic
%K menstruation
%K rape
%K mythology
%K transgender
%K embodied spirituality
%K Sumerian
%K ecology
%K spirituality
%U http://www.transpersonalstudies.org/ImagesRepository/ijts/Downloads/Grahn.pdf