Lu-dingirra | Inanna's Devotee

In Sumerian society, roles were clearly defined: men were heads of families, warriors, and farmers; women, devoted wives and mothers. But there were those who didn't fit – the kurgarru, assinnu, and kulu: people whose behavior or bodies made them unable to fulfil male duties. Lu-dingirra was one such kurgarru.

Lu-dingirra was considered too gentle and infantile to fulfill the role of a man. The youngest of his siblings, his father neglected him. Eventually, he was given to the temple of Inanna, the goddess of love and war. Embodied by both male and female roles, she was the patron of marginalized individuals like Lu-dingirra. In the temple of Inanna, he became a kurgarru, the performer of ritual dances and pantomimes.

And you? Well, you're his good friend and a devotee of Inanna too? What kind of devotee? Another kurgarru? A priest/priestess? A temple prostitute (historically doubtful, but still)? It's up to you.