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Diane Wolkstein has been teaching, performing, and writing for over thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous award-winning books of folklore, including The Magic Orange Tree, and Other Haitian Folktales and Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Known for her meticulous research as well as her great range as a performer, Ms. Wolkstein traveled to Australia three times while preparing this story. She gives workshops on storytelling worldwide and lives in New York City.
In Her Own Words..."I love stories. They give me strength, Inspiration, courage, and great delight. For thirty years I've told stories at the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park. I love watching the eyes of my audience light up as they enter stories. Stories let us explore the farthest places in the universe and the deepest recesses of the human heart. They present possibilities. They let us try out different emotions and characters. Stories are treasures which last forever.
"I also enjoy gardening, dancing, swimming, painting, and creating stories with music. My daughter, Rachel Zucker, is a poet, photographer, and the mother of a little boy named Moses."
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Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. 1st. Product DescriptionA fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea EliadeReview"This is an admirable translation, a great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade"A splendid mutual accomplishment and a great gift ot mythology."Inanna "is a book to be cherished."--P.L. Travers"In the myth of Inanna, Wolkstein and Kramer give us back the totality of woman, the ruler-wife-lover-redeemer, whom all worshiped and from whom all life flowed. It is a thrilling rediscovery."--Olivier Bernier"Wolkstein has been able to convey in English the rich metaphor, the erotic fullness, and the ritual pacing of these ancient stories.Taken together with the illustrations, historical discussions, and textual commentaries, this book is worth a tower of scholarly tomes.Such a feat is remarkable and rare."--Barre Toelken, Director of Folklore and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon"I felt shivers of recognition reading these ancient lines that proclaim Inanna's discovery of her prowess.Kramer and Wolkstein make us love their awesome goddess whose stormy complexities have been concealed in cuneiform tablets for thousands of years."--Nor HallAbout the AuthorDiane Wolkstein has been teaching, performing, and writing for over thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous award-winning books of folklore, including The Magic Orange Tree, and Other Haitian Folktales and Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer. Known for her meticulous research as well as her great range as a performer, Ms. Wolkstein traveled to Australia three times while preparing this story. She gives workshops on storytelling worldwide and lives in New York City. In Her Own Words."I love stories. They give me strength, Inspiration, courage, and great delight. For thirty years I've told stories at the statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Central Park. I love watching the eyes of my audience light up as they enter stories. Stories let us explore the farthest places in the universe and the deepest recesses of the human heart. They present possibilities. They let us try out different emotions and characters. Stories are treasures which last forever."I also enjoy gardening, dancing, swimming, painting, and creating stories with music. My daughter, Rachel Zucker, is a poet, photographer, and the mother of a little boy named Moses."Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.InannaBy Wolkstein, Diane PerennialCopyright 2004 Diane WolksteinAll right reserved.ISBN: 0060908548Chapter OneThe Huluppu-TreeIn the first days, in the very first days,In the first nights, in the very first nights,In the first years, in the very first years,In the first days when everything needed was brought into being,In the first days when everything needed was properly nourished,When bread was baked in the shrines of the land,And bread was tasted in the homes of the land,When heaven had moved away from earth,And earth had separated from heaven,And the name of man was fixed;When the Sky God, An, had carried off the heavens,And the Air God, Enlil, had carried off the earth,When the Queen of the Great Below, Ereshkigal, was giventhe underworld for her domain,He set sail; the Father set sail,Enki, the God of Wisdom, set sail for the underworld.Small windstones were tossed up against him;Large hailstones were hurled up against him;Like onrushing turtles,They charged the keel of Enki's boat.The waters of the sea devoured the bow of his boat like wolves;The waters of the sea struck the stern of his boat like lions.At that time, a tree, a single tree, a huluppu-treeWas planted by the banks of the Euphrates.The tree was nurtured by the waters of the Euphrates.The whirling South Wind arose, pulling at its rootsAnd ripping at its branchesUntil the waters of the Euphrates carri. Codice articolo BKZN9780060908546