Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Dumuzi / Tammuz
Mesopotamian tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- shepherds, the dying and returning god
- Partner
- Inanna / Ishtar
Key myth
Inanna's husband, who spends part of the year in the underworld in exchange for her release. Dumuzi-Inanna love songs formed part of royal ritual.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Whether this is a fertility-cult myth tied to a yearly death is debated; the texts do not explain it as such.
Primary sources
- Inanna's Descent
- Dumuzi-Inanna songs (ETCSL 4.08)
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Dumuzi / Tammuz: earth, harvest and fertility, death and the underworld. This is overlap in one area only.