This myth is by far one of the best pieces of media ive laid eyes on

Sooooo many more connections to talk about like Enki being the lord of the Abzu and Zayne always having the golden abzu birds following him. As well as Inana being connected to the morning and evening star which would explain the symbolism of the last scene where they watched the sunset together

Rod during her descent which is exactly how the creatio stone is described as it sat in the scale, being a "cold lapis lazuli" colored gem.

So yeah. The parallels between the ancient Sumarian gods and their myths is extremely prevalent in Zayne's 3rd myth. This was a lot of info and theres-

This correlates to how Zayne travels into the Everlost and passes through the seven gates for the creatio stone to revive Mc. At each gate Zayne had to sacrifice something much like Inana had to in the sumerian texts. Also in the texts it mentions that Inana was carrying a lapis lazuli measuring-

To her sisters thrown room. According to the myth, Ereškigal then gazed upon Inana with the eye of death which kills Inana. And it was Enki helped revive her so she would finally leave the underworld.

The goddess of death and birth, to see and experience the things she has yet to see and experience. But to reach the underworld, she has to pass through seven gates. At each gate she had to sacrifice something to pass to the next one until she was spent of all her power by the time she made it-

Seduce zayne or get him drunk to steal his pendant to enter the Spire. (I chose to get him drunk cuz it was funny lol)

Then in the myth Inana's Descent into the Underworld, Inana travels to the underworld ruled by her sister Ereškigal (don ask me shi about the pronunciation i cant help ya lol)-

From what i found so far, the game takes inspo from the myths Inana and Enki and Inana's decent into the Underworld. In the myth of Inana and Enki, Inana gets Enki drunk and steals the Mes from him to help her city thrive. This parallels later in the game where the player has the choice to either-

Next we look at the sumerian goddess Inana and Mc. Inana is the goddess of sex, love, and war. And she is described in some texts to be coy and confident in her displays of sexuality much like how Mc is in her persuit of Zayne.

-hence the cleansing ritual scene in the beginning of Zayne's myth. Enki is also the keeper of what ancient Mesopotamians called the Mes, the principles of civilization. The same ones Zayne gave to Mc to help Niava grow and flourish.

First, we look at the comparison between Enki/ Ea and Zayne. Enki in sumerian texts is the god of wisdom, incantations, and divine cleansing. Hes the guy ancient priests and exorcists prayed to and followed when it came to cleansing demonic omens. His rituals involved bathing in bathhouses-

I feel like something just clicked for me in Zaynes 3rd myth. The writers mentioned that they took inspo from ancient Mesopotamia and it really shines through when you compare the ancient Sumarian gods Enki and Inana to Zayne and Mc