Deity Inanna and Enki
Inanna
Sumerian goddess
In brief
Inanna is a Mesopotamian goddess named in Sumerian literary works. The Exaltation of Inana addresses her through divine powers, force and authority; the speaker identifies herself as Enheduanna. Oxford’s edition marks places where surviving manuscripts differ.
This is a useful source for asking how a hymn describes a goddess and how its speaker presents a relationship to her. Follow its line ranges rather than turning every poetic expression into an unqualified attribute or a family relationship.
Sources: Oxford ETCSL: The Exaltation of Inana 1–19; 60–80
Overview
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In 13 other languages
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 11
Kinship in an account 11
- child of (child) Anu Sumerian deity, Sky Father, King of the Gods
- child of (child) Ningal goddess of reeds in Sumerian mythology
- child of (child) Sin Mesopotamian lunar god
- parent of (mother) Shara Mesopotamian god from Umma
- partner of (spouse) Anu Sumerian deity, Sky Father, King of the Gods
- partner of (spouse) Dumuzid the Shepherd fertility God; king of Sumer
- partner of (spouse) Tammuz Sumerian god
- partner of (spouse) Zababa war god
- sibling of Ereshkigal goddess in Mesopotamian mythology
- sibling of Gugalanna husband of Ereshkigal in Sumerian mythology
- sibling of Shamash Sumerian sun god
Explained connections
Connections
Affiliation 3
Identification 5
- Astarte Middle Eastern goddess, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity
- Ishtar East Semitic Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex
- Manungal Mesopotamian goddess of prisons
- Ninegal mesopotamian goddess of royal palaces and tutelary goddess of Qatna
- Venus classical astrological planet
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