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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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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (99)

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

Sumerian religion → majorDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Utu → siblings → Inanna ⓘ
Nanna → child → Inanna ⓘ
Nanna → child → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Gilgamesh → rejectedAdvancesOf → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: goddess Ishtar
Gilgamesh → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ur III dynasty → mainDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Uruk archaeological site → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Roman Venus (partially) → correspondsTo → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian goddess Inanna
Roman Venus (partially) → relatedTo → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian goddess Inanna
Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh → dedicatedTo → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh → associatedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Temple of Ishtar of Nineveh → namedAfter → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia → featuresCharacter → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → mainCharacter → Inanna ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → featuresDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → associatedWith → Inanna ⓘ
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → relatedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Sargon of Akkad → patronDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Enmerkar → spouse → Inanna ⓘ
Enmerkar → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
An → parentOf → Inanna ⓘ
Enkidu → offends → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Shamhat → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Shamhat → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Ninsun → relatedTo → Inanna ⓘ
defeat of Humbaba → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Warka → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
worship of Ishtar → devotedToDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Shalmaneser III → worshippedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Barry Malkin → edited → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Assyrian religion → pantheonIncludes → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Elaine May → notableWork → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Mesopotamian religion → hasCentralDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Astoreth → relatedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Astoreth → relatedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Shulgi of Ur → patronDeity → Inanna ⓘ
Arbela → hasDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar of Arbela
Aya → associatedDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Sîn → child → Inanna ⓘ
Sîn → child → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Sîn → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Mari → mainDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Neo-Babylonian architecture → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Zimri-Lim → patronDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ululayu → associatedWithDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Annals of Sennacherib → mentionsDeity → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar
Ruth Myers → designedCostumesFor → Inanna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ishtar