that drives her with the yearning question of when she will be idealized. Now the focus turns to the tools that allow Inanna to age with the experience necessary to become the Goddess that she strives to be.
The reason the huluppu-tree has become the central issue of this portion of the text, is because it is used as a transition piece for Inanna's growth. The significance lies beyond the presence of the tree, but what the tree is, and why it is there. Some scholars refer to this Sumerian te
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