About this deity
Neti was a minor Mesopotamian deity that is depicted as the doorman of the Sumerian netherworld.
Also known as
Top myths
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| Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld | |
| Afterlife myth | |
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Mythological stories including Neti
- Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld Afterlife myth
Nuthsell
Inanna descends from the great above to the great below. She abandons several temples and heads for open country. She gives precise instructions to her companion—Ninsubur: Inanna says "if I don't return in three days, go to the temples and plead on my behalf." At the netherworld she enters and goes through seven gates before she is turned into a corpse. Ninsubur follows the instructions and tells Inanna's father Enkil what happened. He helps her by sending two a-sexual creatures to sneak in and bring her back to life. Once Inanna is alive she ascends while being escorted by demons from the netherworld. The demons allow her to trade her husband Dumuzi in her place.
Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Neti." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 17 Sep. 2022, omnika.org/stable/1189. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
OMNIKA (2022, September 17). Neti. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/1189
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Neti." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 17, 2022. Accessed December 11, 2023. https://omnika.org/stable/1189.
