Inanna

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Mesopotamian deity goddess

Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power, later known as Ishtar.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Ishtar 12
Akkadian Ishtar 1
Astarte 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian deity ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Inanna ⓘ
surface form: Ishtar
appearsIn Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inanna and Enki

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree ⓘ
surface form: Inanna and the God of Wisdom

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld ⓘ
associatedWith kingship ⓘ
planet Venus ⓘ
sacred marriage ritual ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
consort Dumuzi ⓘ
Tammuz ⓘ
culture Sumerian religion ⓘ
domain beauty ⓘ
evening star ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
love ⓘ
morning star ⓘ
political power ⓘ
sex ⓘ
storms ⓘ
war ⓘ
equivalent Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian Ishtar

Greek Aphrodite (partially) ⓘ
Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ishtar

Astarte ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic Astarte

Roman Venus (partially) ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenced later Near Eastern love and war goddesses ⓘ
mainCultCenter Uruk ⓘ
parent Nanna ⓘ
Nanna ⓘ
surface form: Ningal

Sin ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
roleInMyth descends to the underworld ⓘ
obtains the me (divine powers) from Enki ⓘ
patron of the city of Uruk ⓘ
sibling Ereshkigal ⓘ
Shamash ⓘ
Utu ⓘ
symbol eight-pointed star ⓘ
lion ⓘ
ring and rod ⓘ
rosette ⓘ
temple Eanna temple complex ⓘ
typeOfDeity astral deity ⓘ
love goddess ⓘ
war goddess ⓘ
worshippedBy Akkadians ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form: Sumerians
worshipPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inanna → alsoKnownAs → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Inanna → appearsIn → Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inanna and Enki
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Enlil → child → Inanna ⓘ
Enlil → child → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ishtar Gate → dedicatedTo → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Amorites → deity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Inanna → equivalent → Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Inanna → equivalent → Inanna self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akkadian Ishtar
Astarte → equivalentTo → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
this entity surface form: Ishtar
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Mesopotamia → majorDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Astarte
Uruk → majorDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Ishtar Gate → namedAfter → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: goddess Ishtar
Sumer → pantheonIncludes → Inanna ⓘ
Anu → parentOf → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
subject surface form: Tammuz
subject surface form: Tammuz
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Chaldeans → worshippedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar