5. THE COMMITMENT- Nanna and Ningal celebrate their Marriage Commitment and move to the city of Ur. Their children are the two brightest lights in the sky: Venus-The Morning and Evening Star...and The Sun.
So the Lady of Dreams bound in love the impetuous Torch of the Night. They were married in Ur, at the end of springtime, when the first fruits and dairy products of the land were ready for the gods’ and people’s tables....But the greatest of all presents Nanna received from the Lady of his Dreams:
‘Nanna, Wondrous Torch that blesses my life, within myself I carry now your seeds, our children of Brightness. First, I will give birth to a girl child. I name her Inanna, the First Daughter of the Moon, the Morning and Evening Star, who will be the Great Goddess of Love and War, Lover and Beloved as One. Wise, passionate, sensual, all this and more she will be. She will be the embodiment of love, both spiritual and highly physical, the Inner Light to bring brightness, passion, healing and fruition to all the living in all worlds. And to give our daughter-to-be a brother, let him be a child of equal outer brightness. I’ll call him Utu, the Sun, the Light of the Day, who will illuminate all worlds with clarity while you, my love, are away. So let it be known that the Light of the Night and the Diviner of Dreams brought into being the brightest heavenly stars to ensoul the lives of all gods and humankind. And as I will, so be it.'
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