Never Be Godless
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Never Be Godless
Mortals are nothing with out some sort of Supernatural force aiding them in their life journeys. This point is extremely evident primarily in The Bible and The Odyssey, and can also be noted in Inanna. In Inanna, the Sumerians gain the Holy me by keeping faith in their Goddess Inanna and through acquiring this gift from her they become a dominant race of the time. In The Odyssey, Odysseus is aided by Athena throughout the entire struggle, Telemachus follows in suit and is similarly aided, and Penelope more or less through association is assisted by Athena. However, the suitors aren't shown to have any particular Gods or Goddesses and they fall to Odysseus and Telemachus in the end. In The Bible multiple stories including those involving Adam and Eve in the beginning, Moses and the Israelites' journey, Noah and his family with the flood, and so many more that I won't have time to discuss within this three page limit, all show that a mortal without God is weak and on the losing end of the stick.
The Sumerians are only a minor example of my thesis, however they tie one more ancient text into this similar generic ideal system off the time. They were worshipers of Inanna, and they kept the her favor by worshiping her and holding her above all others. In their case she gave them the Holy me which allowed them to rise above the other societies of the time. (I'm assuming that they their gaining of the me was their explanation for why the Sumerians were a dominant society of their time since the book never really discussed the power of the Sumerians except that the me would increase their power...