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Inanna (Ishtar)
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AbstractThe Sumerian goddess Inanna, equated with Ishtar in Akkadian, was the deity of sexual love, fertility, and war. She was also the goddess of the morning and evening star, Venus, and therefore symbolized by a star.
Title: Inanna (Ishtar)
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AbstractThe Sumerian goddess Inanna, equated with Ishtar in Akkadian, was the deity of sexual love, fertility, and war.
She was also the goddess of the morning and evening star, Venus, and therefore symbolized by a star.
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