4 (french) Werber, Bernard

- Six … five … four … three … two … one and a half … a
and quart … a … of … off? Well, took off … ge! balbutiat-it,
not really convinced. And it took two times to press the
switch which his finger sweat had slipped.
56 - Mesopotamian mythology
In Mesopotamian mythology, the land of the dead called the
“land of no return.” Song:
Those who enter will receive more light. Dust and earth are
their only food. They are dressed in the manner of birds.
Dust covers everything, doors and locks.
One day, the lovely Ishtar, goddess of love, went to
Underworld. Queen Ereshkigal ordered the guard to treat
according to ancient usages. Each time the goddess cross
one of the seven gates of hell, it would turn stripped first of
his robe and his crown, then her earrings, her necklaces,
her breastplate, from his belt, his bracelets, his rings ankle
and finally his underwear. Ishtar came to pass naked before
Ereshkigal who inflicted sixty torture on different parts of his
body.
Yet it was the humans who suffered the consequences This
captivity because without Ishtar, the earth had lost its
fertility. Song: