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Inanna

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and sex. She is also associated with political power, divine law, sensuality, and procreation. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar. Her primary title is "the Queen of Heaven".

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Abode
Heaven
Canaanite
Astarte
Children
Possibly Nanaya
Consort
Dumuzid, Sargon of Akkad, Zababa
Egyptian
Isis
Elamite
Pinikir

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Etymology

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Worship

Iconography

Character

Family

Syncretism and influence on other deities

Sumerian texts

Descent into the underworld

Later myths

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Inanna

Nodes327
Edges326
Triples407
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006116
Components1

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Inanna

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related to In antiquity · 40
Inanna → Assyriologist, Assyriology, Astarte, Bible, Christians, Dumuzid, East Semitic, Ezekiel, Heaven, However, Inanna's, Inanna/Ishtar, Ishtar, Ishtar's, Jacob, James George Frazer, Jeremiah, Jerusalem, Judah, King Manasseh
related to Worship · 38
Inanna → After, Agade, Akkadian, Akkadian Ishtar, AN, BCE, E2, Eanna, Gwendolyn Leick, Heaven, House, In, Ishtar, Ishtaran, It, Joan Goodnick Westenholz, Lagash, Mesopotamian, MUŠ3, Naram-Sin
related to Etymology · 30
Inanna → Akkad, Akkadians, Among, AN, Arabia, Assyria, Assyrians, Assyriologists, Attar, Babylonia, Babylonians, Heaven, Inanna's, Ishtar, It, Lady, Proto-Euphratean, SAL, Sargon, Sargonic
related to Family · 28
Inanna → Adad, Akkadian, An, Early Dynastic, Enki, Enlil, Ereshkigal, Examples, Hattusa, Hurrian, In, In Sumerian, Inanna's, Ishme-Dagan, Ishtar, Nanaya, Nanna, Neo-Assyrian, Ningal, Ninlil
related to Conquests and patronage · 27
Inanna → After Inanna, BCE, Boat, Counsel, E-Abzu, Each, Enki, Enki's, Eridu, ETCSL, Heaven, In, Inanna's, Isimud, It, Ninshubur, Queen, Sumerian, The, Then
related to Justice myths · 26
Inanna → According, Akkadian, An, Annette Zgoll, Ebih, Ebiḫ, En-ḫedu-ana, Enheduanna, ETCSL, Fearsome Divine Powers, Goddess, Great Heart, In, In Sumerian, Inanna's, Innin, Kur, Mistress, Mount Ebih, Sargonid
related to As the planet Venus · 23
Inanna → An, Because, East, Eastern, In, In Inanna, In Inanna's Descent, Inanna's, Jeffrey Cooley, Jemdet Nasr, Kur, Nonetheless, Roman, Several, Shukaletuda, Sumerians, Sun, The, Theology, Underworld
related to Origin myths · 21
Inanna → Anzû-bird, Enki, Enkidu, ETCSL, Euphrates, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh's, Huluppu Tree, It, Jewish, Ki-Sikil-Lil-La-Ke, Kramer, Lilith, Lilitu, Netherworld, She, Sumerian, The, Towards, Uruk
related to Syncretism and influence on other deities · 19
Inanna → Akkadian, An-Anum, Babylonia, Bēltu, Early Dynastic, Elam, Elamite, In, Ishtar, Ishtar's, Ishtar-type, Ishtars, IV, Many, Manzat, Manzat-Ishtar, Sargon, Some, The
related to Symbols · 18
Inanna → Aššur, Babylonian, BCE, During, Inanna's, Inanna/Ishtar's, Ishtar, Ishtar's, Neo-Assyrian Period, Old Babylonian Period, On, Shamash, Sin, Starting, Sumerian Nanna, Sumerian Utu, The, Venus

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ishtar goddess inanna's sumerian underworld uruk akkadian also dumuzid god myth venus one enki gilgamesh heaven later period descent deities

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InannaAbodeHeaven1.00infobox
InannaCanaaniteAstarte1.00infobox
InannaChildrenPossibly Nanaya1.00infobox
InannaConsortDumuzid, Sargon of Akkad, Zababa1.00infobox
InannaEgyptianIsis1.00infobox
InannaElamitePinikir1.00infobox
InannaGreekAphrodite1.00infobox
InannaHurrianShaushka1.00infobox
InannaMajor cult centerUruk; Agade; Nineveh1.00infobox
InannaMandaeanLibat1.00infobox
InannaMountLion1.00infobox
InannaParentsMost common tradition: Nanna and Ningal1.00infobox
InannaParentsSometimes An or Enlil1.00infobox
InannaParentsEnki more rarely1.00infobox
InannaPlanetVenus1.00infobox
InannaRomanVenus1.00infobox
InannaSiblingsUtu/Shamash (twin brother)1.00infobox
InannaSiblingsEreshkigal (older sister)1.00infobox
InannaSymbolHook-shaped knot of reeds, six or eight-pointed star, lion, rose, dove1.00infobox
Inannais aancient Mesopotamian goddess of war0.90text
Inannais aenforcer of divine justice0.90text
Inannais aresult of a syncretism between several previously unrelated Sumerian deities with totally different domains0.90text
Inannais aprotagonist of Star Dancer0.90text

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