inanna in English

noun

ancient Sumerian goddess of love fertility and wa

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1. The Great Anunnaki obliterate Agade. Inanna escapes.

2. Aphrodite took on Inanna-Ishtar's associations with sexuality and procreation.

3. The story of his life revolves around his devotion to the goddess Ishtar (also known as Inanna) and painful yearning for an heir to the throne.

4. Other articles where Antum is discussed: Anu: …Anu was assigned a consort, Antum (Antu), but she seems often to have been confused with Ishtar (Inanna), the celebrated goddess of love.

5. During her tenure, she penned 42 amazingly eloquent temple hymns to praise not only her main master, but love and war goddess Ishtar/Inanna and their respective institutions of worship as well.

6. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna.

7. Ishtar is the Akkadian counterpart of the West Semitic goddess Astarte.Inanna, an important goddess in the Sumerian pantheon, came to be identified with Ishtar, but it is uncertain whether Inanna is also of Semitic origin or whether, as is more likely, her similarity to Ishtar caused the two to be