THE SEDUCTION OF THE GODDESS INANA
Музыка
Although we do not know what this song sounded like when it was sung in ancient Sumer, we do have the words to the song, written in cuneiform on clay tablets nearly 5000 years ago, and I have used instruments (a three stringed Mesopotamian lute, and two reed flutes) that we know the Sumerians possessed.
There are many songs, which the Sumerians called “tigi”, that have been translated by sumerologists, and this is one of my favorites. It is sung by the god Dumuzid (aka Tammuz) to the young goddess Inana (aka Ishtar) in an effort to seduce her.
Dumuzid was a shepherd god, and like Inana he was one of the so-called “Anunnaki”. He was also a very naughty boy! The Sumerians had a wonderful sense of humor, and were not the slightest bit prudish when writing or singing about the pleasures of seduction and love making. The irony of this song is that Dumuzid is telling young Inana to lie to her mother, so she can spend the day with him but he also tells her that these are the “lies of women”. In other words, he is blaming his own male dishonesty on females!
I am convinced the ancient Sumerians would have found this hilariously funny.
The idea of a male as a “teacher” of love to women is still reflected in songwriting today, and the same theme is expressed in the 1953 hit song, TEACH ME TONIGHT, by songwriters Gene De Paul and Sammy Cahn.
The ziggurat you see in the background is in the City of Samarra, in modern day Iraq.
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Gilgamesh is really quiet since Annunaki dropped this
@Vadatajs666
3 жыл бұрын
muahaha lol good joke :D
@altrightgut1765
2 жыл бұрын
Evet
@jakobroynon-fisher9535
2 жыл бұрын
Don't tempt Gilgamesh, he'll throw the "thigh" of the Bull of Heaven at Inanna again. A real show of his contempt for her, and his defiance of her advances too.
@minutemansam1214
2 жыл бұрын
@@jakobroynon-fisher9535 It was Enkidu who threw the thigh at her.
@TheTempleOfInanna
Жыл бұрын
The beef is real
Dumuzid: "Lie for me for me babe" Also Dumuzid: "Women can be such liars. I hate it" Sound pretty modern.
@charliesage7004
Жыл бұрын
Such a nice guy.
@edytawitkowska6316
Жыл бұрын
Quess why there is No ancient song about men who lie ? Oh i quess cause woman who wrote that song would get killed by MEN.
@johnsmith-ir1ne
Ай бұрын
^ some strong Femmcel energy u got there
@azurephoenix9546
Ай бұрын
Kinda reminds me of the ancient Egyptian lament that 'kids these days just don't respect their elders'....😂 Times change, people don't.
This man needs to make a whole album of these ancient and powerful songs. I’d buy it in a New York minute
@dr.batman
3 жыл бұрын
Faster than a Gotham second
@davidraven8338
2 жыл бұрын
I'd buy!
@gristen
2 жыл бұрын
he actually has a few albums but theyre from before he started the ancient music thing lol. he used to be a canadian pop singer back in the 70's
@raymondhamill6702
2 жыл бұрын
I'll take 8!!!
@MilkWhiteMoth
2 жыл бұрын
He needs to tour! I'd fly out to hear this live!
imagine being dead for more than 5000 years and all of a sudden you hear someone somewhat sing a song you listened to alot and talk in your language somehow lol
@namelast_name9339
3 жыл бұрын
Must be strange, and nostalgic
@Odalkor
3 жыл бұрын
More like: "..being dead for more than 5000 years.." D: Ancient Sumer is older than ancient egypt
@xGoodOldSmurfehx
3 жыл бұрын
@@Odalkor oh i thought i typed 5000 not 3000 lol, my bad must have been drunk or something XD ty
@TheGhostOperative
3 жыл бұрын
Yea i imagine being a sumerian vampire all the time. 🧛♂️ Offer this lie to your own mother!
@TheEmeraldMenOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
*dancing skeleton noises from underground*
I can't decide what's better. The history? The scholarship? The music? The raw talent? I'll go with all of the above.
@StoneofElohim
3 жыл бұрын
All of those. Can't pick a favorite when it comes to this lol
@1957MCL
3 жыл бұрын
The man is awesome..
@leonardomattarmonteiro2824
2 жыл бұрын
SENSEI PETER PRINGLE is an ANNUNAKI GOD
@fadal143
Жыл бұрын
Bro
@SlyHikari03
Жыл бұрын
The music is incredible
Leaving a comment so the algorithm promotes this type of content, absolutely fantabulous
@RadioTiberio
3 жыл бұрын
I like your name, the algorithm needs more Sankara
@Cogitoergosum10
3 жыл бұрын
@@RadioTiberio la patrie ou la mort 👊🏽
@naughtyhieroglyph669
3 жыл бұрын
Spiffing brit broke the algorithm. apparently the trick is using surveys.
Inana’s mother disliked
The return of the King!
@edoboleyn
3 жыл бұрын
The prince who was promised!
@Necrosis88
3 жыл бұрын
One and only!
@MagusMarquillin
3 жыл бұрын
The Once and Future
@natmanprime4295
3 жыл бұрын
Dam str8
@MrAwsomenoob
3 жыл бұрын
The exalted king highest amongst men.
The prince of pringles laying it down
NEW TABLET JUST DROPPED LESGOOOOO
@self-transforming_machine-elf
3 жыл бұрын
𒐉 𒐼 𒐙 𒐺
Clicked faster than Hermes could write the Emerald Tablets.
@cat_pb
3 жыл бұрын
😂
When he sings, he was like summoning all those ancient people/mythodologic figures from grave and they all chant with him.. a distant past as if it was just yesterday
@Vadatajs666
3 жыл бұрын
Ish is not dead She is Immortal .. just small detail :)
@Vadatajs666
2 жыл бұрын
@@lumi_project ya welcome :)
@Vadatajs666
2 жыл бұрын
@@lumi_project °no need to
@kennethwoody5897
Жыл бұрын
Man's a bard, that's all that needs to be said.
@clouds-rb9xt
Жыл бұрын
@@kennethwoody5897 ?
This isn't even a tenth of the power that Peter Pringle can unleash. Let us all bask in the glory of this musical moment.
@leonardomattarmonteiro2824
2 жыл бұрын
🙌🏻🤜🏼🤛🏼🖤
When you've collapsed from dehydration and an angel appears 😍
@monkeywritingshakespeare9744
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@palomas9559
3 жыл бұрын
@Char Aznable Let's not ruin the fantasy 😄
@MediaFilter
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Out somewhere in the shimmering desert, on the brink of eternity.
sneaking out: a tale as old as time
I study Assyriology with an emphasis on Sumer and I listen to your Sumerian songs 90% of my study time on repeat, I instantly clicked when I saw you released a new video, I would love to see more uploads in Sumerian it puts me in a trance almost knowing how ancient these songs are, I love you man keep it up!
@ultragamerism2772
2 жыл бұрын
assyrianology -> studying a semitic culture and language sumerians-> an ancient anatolian culture and language iraqis on internet these days......
@bopeep268
2 жыл бұрын
@@ultragamerism2772 sumerian are not anatolian! What are you talking about you troll?!
@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial
2 жыл бұрын
@@ultragamerism2772 Sumerians weren't Anatolians.
@ultragamerism2772
2 жыл бұрын
@@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial they were in fact ancient anatolians they werent semitics are you insane ?
@Michael_De_Santa-Unofficial
2 жыл бұрын
@@ultragamerism2772 There is no evidence to support an Anatolian origin for Sumerians. Unless you're some radical Turkish person who thinks everything comes from Anatolia.
Peter, every time you post a video, I feel like you are Urshannabi the Ferryman. Taking me on a journey across the Tigris and Euphrates to ancient Uruk
@leonardomattarmonteiro2824
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful analogy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Sumerian is truly the language of love.
@dr.batman
3 жыл бұрын
You're telling me, man
@heilmodrhinnheimski
2 жыл бұрын
Is love dead, then?
@brian0902
Жыл бұрын
@@heilmodrhinnheimski well in a way yes in the terms of a language that radiates love language rise and fall much like love ones love for someone can be so strong but yet fragile in place to where it can shatter these language died do it many forces and like many mysterious languages that came before and many languages after it the nature corse of a languages and a culture
@heilmodrhinnheimski
Жыл бұрын
@@brian0902 I am very sorry but I cannot understand what you are trying to say
@brian0902
Жыл бұрын
@@heilmodrhinnheimski well in the basic way I can put it he said this language is the language of love you said is love dead then I said it is the language of love though it is dead love is the same way in a way fragile for the Sumerian language multiple reasons why it’s dead now but when we hear it to me at least it’s like hearing a dead’s cultures love still shows to this day love and language can die but never forgotten
LOVE listening to Peter sing these ancient songs on ancient instruments. With good headphones can close my eyes and feel like I'm there in the past for a few minutes!
@1957MCL
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, good headphones make all the difference. Listening to this on my Boses..sublime.
Glowing like he just descended from the heavens...
@emil5708
3 жыл бұрын
Annunaki ffs!!!
Oh look, it's the Oscar's Best Picture for 2004, The Return of the King
"let me make love with you" That just sounds so much more beauntiful then our version of "to you" Rather then something I do to you its something we create together and that is so much more romantic.
I would absolutely buy an album of Sumerian songs 💯. Name your price.
@callumgreen6383
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! Come on Peter, give us the fix we all need 💙
@calluml.9098
3 жыл бұрын
Someone make it happen
5000 years old and still being sung, reaching to us through time
The bard that trancend time return
This guy needs to drop an album 🔥
Isn’t the face of Dumuzid on Mars on the Cydonian landscape. According to the lost book of Enki it is his face.
Probably the greatest thing I heard lately
@lorsino
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, its the_miracle_aligner. Loved your bardcore cover of House of the Rising Sun, can't stop listening to it
@javierportero
3 жыл бұрын
Agree
@rajyavardhan9481
3 жыл бұрын
I love your channel
@naughtyhieroglyph669
3 жыл бұрын
It's weird how things are. I do not remember how i found peter pringle, or miracle aligner, but i know miracle aligner was how i found kino. May i make a request? "heart less scat" from ningen isu played with traditional Japanese instruments.
@iansahleen1173
3 жыл бұрын
A meeting of two great artists
From mesopotamia, the land of sumer and Akkad, we send our pure love and appreciation to your great work ♥️ what a piece of art!
He is ascending! Get on the ship everybody!
Cet homme est passionné et c'est un plaisir immense de l'écouter. Magnifique.
@ThunderLord1
3 жыл бұрын
Ouaip. C'est pas juste de la passion de sa part, y'a du talent aussi.
@Vladislav_972
3 жыл бұрын
@@ThunderLord1 Évidemment! Nous sommes tout à fait d'accord! :p
@Pao234_
3 жыл бұрын
Concuerdo totalmente. Tenemos suerte de que podamos escuchar estas joyas del pasado
@keusnicatima5943
2 жыл бұрын
Vos vrai
Please do the full song of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian if you can. Otherwise this is a solid work, Godspeed.
@RavenWolffe77
2 жыл бұрын
Well, you got it lol. Tablet 1 at least.
@yuritcardenas5080
Жыл бұрын
@@RavenWolffe77 It's being done is almost 2 hours long.
Your vocalisation is incredibly accurate save for the vibrato which is usually overemphasised by middle eastern singers. All that aside, your interpretation is bewilderingly and hauntingly beautiful. As musicians, isn't it amazing how readily we can connect with our peers in the distant past as though we're separated by the thinnest of veils. Who says time travel isn't possible?
I feel burdened and overwhelmed by most of today's music. Thousands of effects, loud and banal. I can enjoy these kinds of songs much better. There is a dignity in these graceful tones, I can not explain.
this man is a gift to this world. it always amazes me when people manage to bring ancient cultures to life in one way or another
@josepha631
Жыл бұрын
Peter Pringle does a beautiful job and I truly would buy an album of his“ancient “ music if he were to make one as the music, his voice and instruments performing are truly beautiful! However, as a student and teacher of early and ancient music, there is little to nothing written about how this music actually sounds or how it was performed! His music is geared towards 21st century ears! If we were to hear how this music was performed authentically in antiquity, most of us certainly would find it vastly unappealing! Music has been changing and evolving tens of thousands of years! Pringle himself has admitted that he doesn’t know how this music actually sounded! I’ve been to festivals where authentic medieval music was performed by roving musicians! The music, even as late as the Middle Ages, seemed so foreign to the audiences, that they were unable to ascertain when a song was over for them to clap as the Cadences are so vastly different from what we hear with our 21st century ears! Pringle’s music authentic or not, is beautiful enough to stand on its own merit! He has made us aware of ancient texts and musical instruments! I applaud his efforts!
I remember hearing this from my Father's clay tablet
Peter, You fill my eyes with tears so sweet like scent of Inana .. :) thank You
Talk about great timing. I was just listening to your work when I noticed a recent upload. You have many fans who appreciate your artistry, scholarship, and creativity. Thank you for sharing your work with us. : )
@chinchin2121
3 жыл бұрын
Same. I was listebing to hiw muwic last night and wondering when his next video would come out.
thousands of years ago people could compose such poetic words about love, that's amazing and thousands of years after there're still people who can bring this art to life, that's incredible 😍
@murtadhaalkenani3876
Жыл бұрын
Wdym People were the same 4000 years ago as they are now why wouldn't they compose something alike ?
@olgagolubeva6708
Жыл бұрын
i mean ancient poems sometimes are quite difficult to perceive, they are written or translated in difficult language (may be not everyone sees it like that, i say about myself now) but this one is understandable and emotional unlike some solemn epic passages, however this performer always shows emotions in any ancient poem he sings and as for literature of my country we didn't have the concept of love (not animalistic, but romantic) till the late 18th century
He has blessed us with yet another song!
Nobody : Peter Pringle : Sings a love song for Peter Pringle.
I love this Peter. but did the plan turn out well? or did her mother go around the square later to check her alibi and found it was all a lie?
@cat_pb
3 жыл бұрын
What we all want to know!!
I'm so glad you brought this ancient song back to life in it's original language. You are a legend. Please play more music in Sumerian and Akkadian.
Oh ancient bard, I was beginning to worry that you had left, but then I remembered that you were there since the beginning of time.
Mr. Peter is my secret treasure
I missed all your sick historical tunes, Peter!! You’re finally back!
Bro is a legit treasure
Inanna. The Most beautiful. Queen of the Heavens. Queen of Love and Warfare. The blessed by beauty. The one who's right, we await your return, we will always do.
When I'm listening to you perform songs like this, my mind is instantly transported to the time period in which it was written. I'm unsure if I have this ancient civilization's blood in me or what, but I see it and it speaks to me
Could this be the best youtube channel yet?
A great man with a great culture.,and a Magnificent voice. My respect .Sir 🙌👏
@1957MCL
3 жыл бұрын
Mine too!
Ah, yes. Dumuzid. The very person who told Ishtar to lie to her Mother, marry her for her Authority upon harvest, and celebrating her defeat and death over Ereshkigal. In the very end, he got what he deserved. Dragged by Ereshkigal's underling spirits to take Ishtar's place in Kur.
@VictorbrineSC
Жыл бұрын
And then coming back... and then going back into Kur... and then out... and in... and out... and in... and thus we have seasons...
Thank you very much sir, for these amazingly beatiful renditions of ancient Sumer culture.
So beautiful! Thanks mister Peter!
So glad I subbed to this channel!
Nobody is doing it like you, man! So evocative and fantastical to hear this texts from thousands(!) of years ago interpreted by you on these instruments. A massive thank you for deciding to make these recordings!
Wonderful! I am wondering how the battle between Ninurta and Anzu will sound like. Hope to hear it from you soon!
Wow this was hauntingly beautiful. He is an amazing musician he created such emotion.I also can’t believe that this song has echoed through the ages and has made it to modern day. Massive respect thank you for uploading.
Gosh, we need more of this content. Educational and enjoyable.
Thank you Sir. This is precious.
Peter I hope more people find this music...thank you
I'm glad to see that Peter is doing well, and is one of the very few still out there creating culture. I wish there were more like him.
There is also a poem about Inana asking Dumuzid for his “sweet and thick milk”, and to fill her holy churn with “honey cheese”, these two were really close to each other!
"What kind of music you listen to?" Me: It's complicated...
Oh yeah!!! Things are lighting up right now!!! 😆 Keep it up, Pete!!!! 😎👍🏻
Thank you!
5000 years and this song still rocks
Then as now, young women would come home after a night of sordid debauchery and tell their sweet old mothers who stayed up late worrying that something horrible might have happened to their baby girl "I spent the night with my gal pals". Our information technology may have gone from clay tablets to cell phones, but basic human nature remains the same!
This is music. We need a resurgence of this in the mainstream immediately!!
Everytime i hear this kind of music i think about those "forgotten" gods, Champions, Heroes, etc. Laying somewhere in the universe, suddenly hearing someone singing their histories again, with an smile and the heart full of pride. A legacy not forgotten at all, No Matter the time.
Dumuzi would hire you in a blink. Inanna would adore it. Great job and a wonderful pleasure you bring to us. Thanks for your talent and all the professional work you do. *Yes, I fully agree with my peers on this channel. I'd love to see you publish CD's of the most classical renditions of songs and ballads of famous era like Summer, Greece, Rome, etc. which are hard to find, other than the classical pieces that we know.
That expression on Peter's face at the end is the look of a satisfied man who has just created something beautiful enough for his own very high standards
Bro got some serious rizz
Always a pleasure to see/hear from you :) :)
I'm in tears.. This is overwhelmingly beautiful..
@shelleyharris4176
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it is
WOW! stunning ! great work us usual, thank you very much.
Dumuzid literally hollering to Netflix and chill
He's back! Absolutely amazing Peter well done!
The switch from using the instrument as a string instrument to a percussion one and back is stunning. I can’t help but wonder if that’s your own creative flair or if the ancients themselves would have done such a thing
It's funny because this makes Ishtar seem like an innocent girl about to be corrupted.
I played this loudly on my speakers, and a bunch of girls named Inana came running to my house
ANOTHER SUMER DROP, i wish this video was sponsored by Ea nassir
@JustSpectre
3 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't sponsor it. He would be too busy selling crappy copper.
pretty sure he time travels back in time to gather content material and knowledge from the ancients between his uploads ⌚🔙 welcome back bard!
This is exactly as I image it was sung..... absolutely exquisite. Thank you.... My spirit flew to somewhere far, far away from here...and there, I was Inanna Blessings.
Your Sumerian stuff is just awesome. It may just be your interpretation yet it really takes me back in time and makes everything I've been learning about ancient Sumer seem so tangible. Please keep up the good work!
This guy literally made me keen on Sumerian history with its songs!! Very passionating!
It's our boy Pringle! Smashing that ancient music again, hot damn!
cant express how much i love these interpretations. so heart achingly beautiful...
Words do not do you justice. ❤️
Love it! Would love to have the Sumerian songs on your Spotify page :)
@bery6320
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely all of the historic and myth logic songs that he sang
he's back and better than ever!!!!!! AW YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you and your works peter, keep up the epic work
pure art, what i like the most is how fluent you sound in old languages of these ancients civilisations of the middle east , this performance really made me travel thousands years ago, thank you , greeting from algiers
Just discovered this channel, simply incredible music. Thank you youtube algorithm
Yeeees! Another gorgeous piece by the king of all bards!
Thank you for making another treasure in Sumerian.
That's fire
Oh, Peter, you are back, 😍 thank the Gods of music of the past. A lovely song indeed and I wasnt aware of the playful side of Innana's agricultural divine consort. Your art brings smiles and wonder, Bard. Thankyou.
this is so awesome! I'd love to hear the entire epic of gilgamesh in sumerian one day.... (I get it, it's too much to ask for, but your work is so awesome!)
This is beautiful! Leaving a comment so others can find and appreciate your work here. *standing ovation.*
This is the true Winner of eurovision 2021