Sumerian and the nether world

Both the Sumerians and the nether have a very different belief of death in relation to the customs and cultures. The souls of the dead according to believe is that they did descend into the nether world from the graves which are physically a rough space to heaven. The dead are to use a certain ferry to cross over to the other side since the river is impassable even for the souls. In this land, all the occupants needed much more than spiritual assistance including the food they ate, clothing and any other necessity but their sky god never needed any help, therefore, he was their provider (Black, 2006). Beneath them were the courts where some justice would be offered in terms of sacrifices and this was to follow some hierarchical procedures for delivery of justice. Both dead and the deceased were not treated similarly since the dead would be judged by the sun-god and the moon-god at the same time therefore as much as most would like to celebrate, there were zero chances to celebrate.

 On the part of the Sumerians, nothing seemed hopeful on this section since they were all convinced that the life which one would experience in the nether world would be nothing to scare them. The insights obtained from such progressive work is that there are differences experienced when one dies and which is optimal, the soul has a difficult time navigating through the spirits making it more scarily than in real life. The nether world does not seem like a fun place where one can desire to be but death is not by choice to the world (Black, 2006). With this acts, it is genuinely correct that the Sumerians do not fear the after world real life situation but always optimistic of being alive.

What seems unlikeable is the fact that death is described as a humorous event which creates less hope to those who are alive. Just like the Sumerians who do not fear to die and everything that happens to the soul, humanity in real sense fears death (Black, 2006). It is inconclusive to term death as not being a fearful act.

Materials that are similarly important for this kind of work are mostly related to the myths and facts about life and death. The courage to talk about death from this particular perspective is hard but the author makes it seem so simple and a norm.

When the body and the soul separate, there are zero chances that a person can identify where or what the soul does. According to learning, the soul so stays in the atmosphere until the judgment day meaning that all the departed ones are still in the air waiting and therefore the nether world does not exist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Black, J. (Ed.). (2006). The literature of ancient Sumer. Oxford University Press on Demand.