=== 正義の神話 ===
イナンナとその弟のウトゥは神の正義を伝える者と見なされており<ref>Pryke, 2017, pages36–37</ref>、イナンナはその役割をいくつかの神話で例証している<ref>Pryke, 2017, pages162–173</ref>。「イナンナとエビフ([http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr132.htm%201.3.2 ETCSL 1.3.2])」、別名「恐るべき神通力の女神」は、アッカドの詩人エンヘドゥアンナが、イナンナとザグロス山脈のエビフ山との対決を描いた184行詩である<ref>Pryke, 2017, page165</ref>。この詩は、イナンナを讃える賛美歌の導入部から始まる<ref>Attinger, 1988, pages164–195</ref>。イナンナは世界中を旅していたが、エビフ山に出会い、その輝かしい力と自然の美しさに激怒し<ref>Karahashi, 2004, page111</ref>、その存在そのものを自分の権威に対する侮辱と考えるようになる<ref>Kramer, 1961, pages82–83</ref><ref>Pryke, 2017, page165</ref>。
Inanna and her brother Utu were regarded as the dispensers of divine justice, a role which Inanna exemplifies in several of her myths. ''Inanna and [[Ebiḫ|Ebih]]'' (ETCSL [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr132.htm 1.3.2]), otherwise known as ''Goddess of the Fearsome Divine Powers'', is a 184-line poem written by the Akkadian poet [[Enheduanna]] describing Inanna's confrontation with Mount Ebih, a mountain in the [[Zagros]] mountain range. The poem begins with an introductory hymn praising Inanna. The goddess journeys all over the entire world, until she comes across Mount Ebih and becomes infuriated by its glorious might and natural beauty,{{sfn|Karahashi|2004|page=111}} considering its very existence as an outright affront to her own authority.{{sfn|Kramer|1961|pages=82–83}}{{sfn|Pryke|2017|page=165}} She rails at Mount Ebih, shouting:
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