The Gallu demons relentlessly pursued Dumuzi after Inanna condemned him as her substitute for the underworld, dragging him to the realm of the dead.
The Gallu demons serve Ereshkigal as enforcers of the underworld's law that no one may leave without providing a substitute. They followed Inanna to the upper world and seized Dumuzi in her place.
When Dumuzi fled from the Gallu demons, he hid among his sister Geshtinanna's flocks. The Gallu searched for him and ultimately found him, tearing him from the sheepfold to drag him to the underworld.
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