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The 21 pages that link to Inanna, each with the reason it gives.

• Epic of GilgameshRelated: Her rejected marriage proposal triggers the Bull of Heaven episode and its aftermath.

• UrukRelated: Uruk’s Eanna precinct was a major center of her worship.

• Ishtar GateRelated: The gate was named for this goddess, whose symbol was the lion.

• Sumerian religionRelated: Her diverse powers show that divine roles could span seemingly opposed domains.

• AphroditeRelated: Her combination of erotic and martial power offers a revealing Near Eastern parallel to Aphrodite.

• AššurRelated: Aššur also housed a major temple to Ishtar, showing the city’s wider cultic life.

• Sumerian literatureRelated: Her myths and hymns make her one of the most prominent figures in Sumerian literature.

• EnheduannaRelated: Inanna is the central deity in several compositions attributed to Enheduanna.

• Fertility deityRelated: Her myths connect sexual power and fertility with sovereignty and seasonal change.

• Fertility riteRelated: Hymns and royal traditions associate her with sexuality and the fecundity of the land.

• Mesopotamian mythologyRelated: Her myths join erotic desire, conflict, and kingship in one divine figure.

• Sacred prostitutionRelated: Older interpretations linked her cult to sexual rites, a connection challenged by later scholarship.

• EnmerkarRelated: Her favor legitimizes Enmerkar’s ambitions and Uruk’s prosperity in the poems.