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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.

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A balbale (?) to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana P)

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A balbale (?) to Inana (Inana F)

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A balbale to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana G)

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A hymn to Inana (Inana C)

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A hymn to Inana for Išme-Dagan (Išme-Dagan K)

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A kunĝar to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana I)

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A tigi to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana H)

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A šir-namursaĝa to Ninsiana for Iddin-Dagan (Iddin-Dagan A)

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A šir-namšub to Inana (Inana G)

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The exaltation of Inana (Inana B)

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A šir-namšub to Inana (Inana I)

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A hymn to Inana as Ninegala (Inana D)

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A kunĝar to Inana (Dumuzid-Inana T)

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A balbale to Inana and Dumuzid

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A balbale to Inana as Nanaya (Inana H)

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A song of Inana and Dumuzid (Dumuzid-Inana R)

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