Inanna

Inanna^[a] is the goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, war and political power in Sumerian mythology; she is more commonly known as "Ishtar" ^[b], the name under which she was worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Known as the "Queen of Heaven", Innana was one of the most popular deities in Sumerian religion, with the city of Uruk being the center of her cult. Her symbols included the lion, dove and the eight-pointed star.

Notes

↑ /ɪˈnɑːnə/; Template:Lang-sux <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">^Dinanna^[1]
↑ /ˈɪʃtɑːr/; <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">^Dištar^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Heffron 2016.

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[2] /ɪˈnɑːnə/; Template:Lang-sux <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">^Dinanna^[1]

[3] /ˈɪʃtɑːr/; <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">^Dištar^[1]

[FOOTNOTEHeffron2016-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Heffron 2016.

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