>>19984558The Seven aspects of Dimme/Lamashtu can be taken as the corrupting influence on the seven planetary archetypes, and were Inanna would be a positive influence in terms of the seven stars of the Pleiades, the Menorah represents this souless seven anti-life principle of the Sethian as it is directly opposed to the pro-life principle, were Lamshtu was understood as Sutean/Sethian.
>Although the evidence for the third millennium history of Lamastu is limited, there are clear indications that in origin she was not the individual mythological figure of later tradition. In the Ur III period her Sumerian name, Dimme, is not spelled with the divine determinative, even though she is called the "offspring of gods". A text of the same period reveals the early existence of the "seven Dimme damsels", a feature which persists through time, and adheres to the individualized Lamastu in the form of her seven names>After her expulsion from heaven, the deity becomes a demon, a sister of the seven evil utukku-spirits, the "gods of the street". The defining characteristic of all evil spirits, demons as well as ghosts (souls of dead people) is that, unlike the gods, they do not have a cult, that they do not have temples where they are fed and clothed by their human servants. Rooflessly the roam the earth, and take by force what they do not get by right; mankind is useless to them, and therefore preyed on without restraint. Man counts on the gods for help against these illegal forces, but also places his hope in their selfish nature: instead of preying on him the demons may choose to take refuge with their father Enlil, who apparently runs a home for the homeless members of the spiritual cosmos 