| Inanna's Bow | |
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Origin |
Inanna / Ishtar |
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Type |
Bow |
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Effects |
Switch individual bodily control with a target |
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Downsides |
Violating host's virtues ejects user then repeats emotional states related to battle until debilitating |
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Activation |
Shooting a target |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 7 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
Baku-1280 |
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Date of Collection |
Spring 1226 |
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Origin[]
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar. Her most prominent symbols include the lion and the eight-pointed star.
Many of her myths involve her taking over the domains of other deities. She is believed to have been given the mes, which represent all positive and negative aspects of civilization, by Enki, the god of wisdom. She is also believed to have taken over the Eanna temple from An, the god of the sky. Alongside her twin brother Utu (later known as Shamash), Inanna is the enforcer of divine justice; she destroyed Mount Ebih for having challenged her authority, unleashed her fury upon the gardener Shukaletuda after he raped her in her sleep, and tracked down the bandit woman Bilulu and killed her in divine retribution for having murdered Dumuzid. In the standard Akkadian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Ishtar asks Gilgamesh to become her consort. When he disdainfully refuses, she unleashes the Bull of Heaven, resulting in the death of Enkidu and Gilgamesh's subsequent grapple with his own mortality.
Inanna's most famous myth is the story of her descent into and return from the ancient Mesopotamian underworld, ruled by her older sister Ereshkigal. After she reaches Ereshkigal's throne room, the seven judges of the underworld deem her guilty and strike her dead. Three days later, Ninshubur pleads with all the gods to bring Inanna back. All of them refuse her, except Enki, who sends two sexless beings to rescue Inanna.
They escort Inanna out of the underworld but the galla, the guardians of the underworld, drag her husband Dumuzid down to the underworld as her replacement. Dumuzid is eventually permitted to return to heaven for half the year, while his sister Geshtinanna remains in the underworld for the other half, resulting in the cycle of the seasons.
Effects[]
Allows recipient to substitute their self with the authority and control over another's life, effectively hijacking their existence for a period. The subjects must have strong relations to a shared concept such as fury, judgement, worship or wisdom. Their views do not need to align, only that they both have their motivations intrinsically tied to the same idea. Some gain periodic control over another's actions without revealing their existence, while others end up completely inhabiting their body in the meanwhile.
Transfer lasts until the next seasonal change or the user does something which violates the original person's morals. Anything explicitly detestable to the subject will eject the other's control permanently from them and reveal all the times they were being puppetered. Both subjects experience an increase in feelings associated with war such as valor or cowardice to the point they derail their previous routines. It seems tending to romantic relationships mends the distress as a way of healing the affected. For these reasons, they are often resonate well with any deity counterparts for war and love such as Ares and Aphrodite, often remaining inert when grouped together.