Based on traditional myths of Mesopotamia as translated by Betty de Shong Meador, Kramer and Wolstein, and more, these works re-envision such celebrated poems as “The Hupullu Tree” and “Inanna’s Descent”to offer alternative perspectives to traditional depictions of women and nature. Listen to the An Zu tell his tales of the Great Wars, learn the great creation story of the Serpent, and hear the little tree saved by Inara in the Great Flood (Lulu) tell her story and how Inara saved her---and more!. All celebrate the wildnerness within. Sponsorship Houston Arts Alliance/ the city of Houston.
Inara & The Tree of Souls- An Anthology of Tales & Poems
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Based on traditional myths of Mesopotamia as translated by Betty de Shong Meador, Kramer and Wolstein, and more, these works re-envision such celebrated poems as “The Hupullu Tree” and “Inanna’s Descent”to offer alternative perspectives to traditional depictions of women and nature. Listen to the An Zu tell his tales of the Great Wars, learn the great creation story of the Serpent, and hear the little tree saved by Inara in the Great Flood (Lulu) tell her story and how Inara saved her---and more!. All celebrate the wildnerness within. Sponsorship Houston Arts Alliance/ the city of Houston.
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December 15, 2023
Tales of the Great An Zu
<p> Three creation tales from the canon of An Zu legends: the love story of creation of the First An Zu and the unfurling of the Tree of Souls, the birth of the Second An Zu, and the Magnificent Ones. Stories as told by Ki, the last surviving An Zu of the Great Wars. More to come! Based on traditional character of the An Zu from Mesopotamian mythology(with great artistic liberty). “An Zu.” from Dalley, Stephanie. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. Oxford University Press, 1989. from 205-227. </p> <p>Sponsored in part through a grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and the city of Houston.</p> <p>Original artwork courtesy of Tania Day Magallon. </p> <p>Image courtesy of Creative Commons.</p> <p> </p>
November 7, 2023
The Serpent & the Cosmic Egg: A Creation Story
<p>This story is inspired by Orphic tales of creation and the ancient Greek creation story of Eurynome who danced and created/mated with the serpent Ophion. In this re-envisioned myth, the sacred creation story or origin story of the first Serpent comes from Night and Chaos itself. The story is said to be held by the serpents of Mesopotamia, such as Sakina, the guardian of the Tree of Immortality/Life and Sabr, the great serpent rescued from the Flood (found wound around the little hupullu saved by Inara (Inanna)) . See “Sakina Speaks of Gilgamesh: A Serpent’s Perspective,” Inara & the Hupullu Tree: A Retelling & “Inara’s Return.” Sponsored in part through a grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and the city of Houston. </p> <p>Original artwork courtesy of Tania Day Magallon. from Inara & the Tree of Souls: An Anthology of Tales & Poems</p>
November 7, 2023
Lulu
<p> Lulu is short for “hupullu” the ancient Sumerian word for a date palm tree. In the original myth, “The Hupullu Tree,” the little tree was found after the Flood and rescued by the goddess of love and death, Inanna, Queen of Heaven. She planted it in her garden and nurtured it. Later, Gilgamesh cuts the tree down to make weapons and a marriage bed. In this story, the tree survives both the Flood and Gilgamesh. Told from the perspective of the little, rescued tree, this story gives voice to her memories of the different stages of her life: from a dream within her parents memories, to a little seed being born, falling into the earth, rooting, and blossoming into maturity, to becoming part of a community of trees, until being brutally uprooted by the flood. </p> <p>Based on “The Hupullu Tree” from Diane and Samuel Noah Kramer, Inanna: Queen of the Heaven and Earth; Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Harper & Row, 1983. Sponsored in part through a grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and he city of Houston. </p> <p>Original artwork courtesy of Tania Day Magallon.</p> <p>from Inara & the Tree of Souls: an Anthology of Tales & Poems</p> <p><br></p>
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