Meanings
- Mesopotamian mythologyhuman sciencesA Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.
As popular with the mythmakers as Enki, or even more so, was his granddaughter Inanna, city goddess or^([sic]) Uruk and one of the most complex figures in the Mesopotamian pantheon.
1996, Cecil Roth, Encyclopaedia Judaica: Ur-Z, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1505p2 more examples
During the second half of the third and early part of the second millennia B.C.E., the Sumerian goddess Inanna was worshiped in seven cities of southern Mesopotamia (among them Zabala, Agade, and Kish), but principally in her temple Eana at Uruk.
1999, Serinity Young, Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion: A-K, Macmillan, page 466Even at this period, Inanna appears in various manifestations, each of which seems to possess a separate cult, temples with cultic functionaries, and the right to receive offerings.
2002, The SSEA Journal, Volume 29, Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, page 17
Origin
- Sumerian𒀭𒈹
- EnglishInanna
Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒈹 (ᵈinana /inanak/).
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Bulgarian Инана
- Инана (Inana)Mesopotamian goddess
French Inanna
- InannaMesopotamian goddess
German Inanna
- InannaMesopotamian goddess
Hindi इनाना
- इनाना (inānā)Mesopotamian goddess
Italian Inanna
- InannaMesopotamian goddess
Cite this entry
Inanna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inanna
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