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Neti was a minor Mesopotamian deity that is depicted as the doorman of the Sumerian netherworld.

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Inanna's Descent to the Netherworld
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Mythological stories including Neti

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  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.

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