Duttur, the sheep goddess, was mother of both Dumuzi the shepherd and his sister Geshtinanna. She mourned Dumuzi's capture by the underworld demons and interpreted his prophetic dreams foretelling his fate.
Ereshkigal held Dumuzi in the underworld as Inanna's substitute. Geshtinanna offered to share her brother Dumuzi's sentence, and Ereshkigal agreed — each sibling spending half the year in her realm.
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.
In the Dream of Dumuzi, Geshtinanna interpreted her brother's ominous dreams foretelling his capture by the Gallu demons. When they came for him, she hid Dumuzi in her sheepfold and refused to reveal his location despite their threats.
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