Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chief Sumerian goddess, associated with fertility, the natural world, and war, and later equated with the Babylonian Ishtar.
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- proper noun
Sumerian goddess of sexuallove ,fertility , andwarfare . TheAkkadians called herIshtar .
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- noun consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Taken that way, Gilgamesh's murder of Inanna is symbolic of his final reconciliation with death; he accepts that he will die, that only his works and his fame will live after him.
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The key to interpreting the novel probably lies in Inanna's affliction: when Gilgamesh confronts the priestess for the last time, she is wearing a mask.
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The key to interpreting the novel probably lies in Inanna's affliction: when Gilgamesh confronts the priestess for the last time, she is wearing a mask.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Taken that way, Gilgamesh's murder of Inanna is symbolic of his final reconciliation with death; he accepts that he will die, that only his works and his fame will live after him.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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As the Epic of Gilgamesh itself makes clear, Inanna is beautiful and lovely and also dangerous.
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As the Epic of Gilgamesh itself makes clear, Inanna is beautiful and lovely and also dangerous.
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In Sumer, the goddess was known as Inanna, and in Babylon and Assyria, was known as Ishtar.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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In Sumer, the goddess was known as Inanna, and in Babylon and Assyria, was known as Ishtar.
Sense & Sensuality 2009
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Choose from twelve goddesses such as Inanna shown above, Venus and Persephone.
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The main gods of the Elamites were Humban, the sun god Nahhunte, and Inshushinak, the god of Susa, but Sumerian deities such as Inanna and Nanna were also worshipped.
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