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A Comparison of Inanna and Ishtar
Nowadays, the names Inanna and Ishtar (also spelled IΕ‘tar) refer to the same deity: the ubiquitous Mesopotamian Goddess of sex, love, war, and fertility. But this was not always the case. Inanna and Ishtar were syncretised so far back- over 4,000 years ago!- that it feels like Theyβve always been the same Goddess. But before…
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Influence of Inanna on Other Ancient Deities
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian Goddess of love, war, sex, and fertility, and the history of Her worship goes back as far as 4000BCE, or over 6,000 years ago! She was known as Inanna to the ancient Sumerians, and was eventually syncretised with the Semitic Goddess Ishtar under the Akkadian Empire of Sargon the Great.…