Motif
Blocked threshold preventing access to a goddess
blocked_threshold_preventing_access_to_a_goddess
A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
mesopotamian
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An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic PENNSYLVANIA TABLET. / TRANSLITERATION. / TRANSLATION. / COMMENTARY ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TABLET.; lines 3216-3326 confidence: high
Gish proceeds stealthily at night to the goddess Ishhara, who lies on a couch in the family house.
Enkidu blocks Gish in the street and at the gate of the family house where Ishhara lies, preventing entry.
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