Facts about Inanna

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   Dumuzi, the shepherd god and husband of Inanna, is condemned to spend half of each year in the underworld as a consequence of her descent myth.

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   Akkadian sources equated Inanna with the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, merging their mythologies and worship traditions across Mesopotamia.

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   Ancient Mesopotamians identified Inanna with the planet Venus, associating her with both the morning and evening star.

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   In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Inanna's descent into the underworld is one of the oldest known narrative poems, preserved on Sumerian cuneiform tablets.

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   The Sumerian goddess Inanna is associated with love, war, and fertility, and is one of the oldest deities in recorded human history.

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