Siduri

Siduri is a cuneiform finished appearance of the " great goddess of Uruk ," so also of Inanna or Ishtar, which is why it was also called " the Ishtar of Wisdom". Siduris appearance in the Epic of Gilgamesh as a hostess of a tavern refers to the function of Ishtar as the patron goddess of the inns and pubs that often housed a brothel.

Gilgamesh meets during his stay in the other world to Siduri, which showed veiled to him, as Gilgamesh had previously scorned as "his city goddess Ishtar " and offended. As Ishtar Siduri she still wants to help Gilgamesh and lead him back to the " path of knowledge ". In the tenth tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh is to be read as Gilgamesh, the goddess Siduri in the " Jewel Garden " place of, " down by the sea " located in the otherworldly, located outside the Earth Location:

" 1 Siduri who lives by the sea below - she lives there and runs a pub. 4 low is it wrapped in a blanket, covered by a veil is her Gesicht.5 Gilgamesh wandered about, looking around between the gem trees. 10 The landlady looked at him in the distance, 12 with yourself going to rate: " From where only he controls straight to my gate " 14 16 Your gateway locked it, and went up on the roof. "