Inanna

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

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Ishtar 55
Inanna canonical 36
Mesopotamian goddess Inanna 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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

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Referenced by (99)

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

Mesopotamia majorDeity Inanna
Phoenician civilization majorDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Astarte
Sumer pantheonIncludes Inanna
Inanna alsoKnownAs 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
Inanna appearsIn Inanna self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Inanna and Enki
Uruk majorDeity Inanna
Anu parentOf Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Enlil child Inanna
Enlil child Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Epic of Gilgamesh mainCharacter Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Astarte equivalentTo Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Chaldeans worshippedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ishtar Gate dedicatedTo Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ishtar Gate associatedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ishtar Gate namedAfter Inanna
this entity surface form: goddess Ishtar
Mesopotamian deity Tammuz spouse Inanna
subject surface form: Tammuz
Mesopotamian deity Tammuz spouse Inanna
subject surface form: Tammuz
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Amorites deity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Babylonian polytheism majorDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Akkadians majorDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Babylonians majorDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Adonis associatedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Processional Way associatedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Shamash sibling Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Allat equatedWith Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Atargatis equatedWith Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ashurbanipal patronDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Sin child Inanna
Sin child Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Dumuzi spouse Inanna
Dumuzi spouse Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Dumuzi consortOf Inanna
Dumuzi consortOf Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Tammuz spouse Inanna
Tammuz spouse Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ereshkigal sibling Inanna
Ereshkigal sibling Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ereshkigal associatedDeity Inanna
Ereshkigal associatedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
northern Babylonia majorDeityVenerated Inanna
subject surface form: Northern Babylonia
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Akitu associatedDeity Inanna
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Umma hasDeity Inanna
Sumerian religion hasDeity Inanna