そして、ついにイナンナの夫であるドゥムジに出会う<ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages71–73</ref><ref>Penglase, 1994, page18</ref>。イナンナの運命とは裏腹に、彼女をきちんと弔っていた他の人々とは対照的に、ドゥムジは豪華な服を着て、木の下や玉座で休み、奴隷の少女にもてなされていた。イナンナは不愉快に思い、ガラに彼を連れて行くように命じた<ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, |pages71–73</ref><ref>Penglase, 1994, page18</ref><ref>Tinney, 2018, page86</ref>。そして、ガラはドゥムジを冥界に引きずり込んだ<ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages71–73</ref><ref>Penglase, 1994, page18</ref>。「ドゥムジの夢」([http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr143.htm%201.4.3 ETCSL 1.4.3])には、ドゥムジが太陽神ウトゥに助けられて、ガラの魔物に捕まらないよう何度も試みる様子が描かれている<ref>Tinney, 2018, pages85–86</ref><ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages74–84</ref><ref>「ドゥムジの夢」は、ニップルから55点、ウルから9点、シッパール周辺から3点、ウルク、キシュ、シャドゥプム、スーサから各1点の計75点の資料で確認されている。(Tinney, 2018, page86)</ref>
。『ドゥムジッドの夢』が終わったところから始まるシュメール詩『ドゥムジッドの帰還』では、ドゥムジの妹ゲシュティナンナが、心変わりしたらしいイナンナとドゥムジの母シルトゥールとともにドゥムジの死を昼夜問わず嘆き続ける<ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages85–87</ref>。三人の女神は悲しみに暮れるが、一匹のハエがイナンナに夫の居場所を教える<ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pages88–89</ref>。
Finally, they come upon Dumuzid, Inanna's husband. Despite Inanna's fate, and in contrast to the other individuals who were properly mourning her, Dumuzid is lavishly clothed and resting beneath a tree, or upon her throne, entertained by slave-girls. Inanna, displeased, decrees that the ''galla'' shall take him. The ''galla'' then drag Dumuzid down to the underworld. Another text known as ''Dumuzid's Dream'' (ETCSL [http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr143.htm 1.4.3]) describes Dumuzid's repeated attempts to evade capture by the ''galla'' demons, an effort in which he is aided by the sun-god Utu.
In the Sumerian poem ''The Return of Dumuzid'', which begins where ''The Dream of Dumuzid'' ends, Dumuzid's sister [[Geshtinanna]] laments continually for days and nights over Dumuzid's death, joined by Inanna, who has apparently experienced a change of heart, and [[Sirtur]], Dumuzid's mother. The three goddesses mourn continually until a [[fly]] reveals to Inanna the location of her husband.{{sfn|Wolkstein|Kramer|1983|pages=87–89}} Together, Inanna and Geshtinanna go to the place where the fly has told them they will find Dumuzid.{{sfn|Wolkstein|Kramer|1983|pages=88–89}} They find him there and Inanna decrees that, from that point onwards, Dumuzid will spend half of the year with her sister Ereshkigal in the underworld and the other half of the year in Heaven with her, while his sister Geshtinanna takes his place in the underworld.{{sfn|Kramer|1966|page=31}}{{sfn|Penglase|1994|page=18}}{{sfn|Wolkstein|Kramer|1983|pages=85–89}}
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