Gugalanna

Template:Short description In Sumerian religion, Gugalanna ( [GU₄.GAL.AN.NA] or [^DGU₂.GAL.AN.NA]) is the first husband of Ereshkigal, the queen of the underworld.Template:Sfn His name probably originally meant "canal inspector of An"Template:Sfn and he may be merely an alternative name for Ennugi.Template:Sfn The son of Ereshkigal and Gugalanna is Ninazu.Template:Sfn In Inanna's Descent into the Underworld, Inanna, the goddess of love, beauty, sex, and war, tells the gatekeeper Neti that she is descending to the Underworld to attend the funeral of "Gugalanna, the husband of my elder sister Ereshkigal".Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn Some scholars consider Gugalanna to be the same figure as the Bull of Heaven, slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh.Template:Sfn