Inanna, Goddess of Love
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| Location | Ancient city of Uruk, Mesopotamia/Sumer, Iraq |
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| Introduction | Nin-me-sar-ra, the Lady of Myriad Offices / or Queen of all the Me Ninsianna as the personification of the planet Venus Nin.an.na, which means 'queen of the sky'. Nu-ugiganna, the Hierodule of Heaven Usunzianna, Exalted Cow of Heaven Inanna is regarded as a daughter of the sky-god An, but also of the moon-god Nanna. During and after the decline of the Sumerian kingdom Inanna was replaced by the Semitic goddess Ishtar, who became an incarnation of Inanna to be invoked at Inanna's original temples at the cities of Erech, Kish and Ur. |