Inana / Ištar, Goddess of Love & War
Goddess of love and of war in one body — she crosses every line the other gods respect.
Inana, called Ishtar in Akkadian, is the most vivid figure of the pantheon: goddess at once of erotic love and of battle, of the morning and evening star (Venus), and of a restless ambition that drives many of the great myths. She courts and destroys, ascends and descends, gathers the divine offices (the me) to herself, and crosses every boundary — between man and woman, life and death, order and chaos. Hymns praise her as the most powerful of deities; her cult was among the most widespread and enduring in the ancient Near East.
Key passages(20)
A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P)
A hymn to Inana for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan K)
A šir-namursaĝa to Ninsiana for Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan A)
A hymn to Inana as Ninegala (Inana D)
A balbale to Inana as Nanaya (Inana H)
A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana R)