NAMES:
Inanna (I-nanna, Queen Moon) - Inana - Inninna - Innin - Ninanna - Nin-me-sa-ra
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(Mesopotamian: Sumerian) Great Goddess of love, war, fertility and infinite variety; chief goddess of the Sumerian pantheon. (She corresponds to the Babylonian/Akkadian ISHTAR).
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Inanna originated as goddess of the date storehouse who each year ritually married Damuzi, the date harvest god. Her attributes are so many, so varied, and so often conflicting that she is likely a fusion of several earlier goddesses.
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The original Dance of the Seven Veils was Inannaís descent into the Underworld, her sister Ereshkigalís realm, where she was gradually stripped naked as she passed through the seven gates. First went her crown, next earrings, then necklace, breast pins, belt of birthstones, then bracelets and finally her gown. No acts of procreation took place on earth while Inanna was in the Underworld. When she discovered that her only way out was in exchange for someone else, she betrayed Damuzi into taking her place. Inanna's time in the Underworld is a myth of the lunar cycle, Damuzi's a myth of the seasons.
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Inanna figures in various myths and epics, including The Epic of Gilgamesh. She got Enki drunk and tricked him into bestowing many attributes and powers upon her. In the myth The Elevation of Inanna, Enki, An and Enlil all give their powers to Inanna, making her the Queen of the Universe. Inanna is a femme fatale whose lovers always seem to come to grief. She is impatient, impetuous, and demanding.    Gilgamesh risked death when he spurned her advances, comparing her to a back door that would let cold air into the house.
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TITLE:
Our Lady - Queen of the Universe - Mistress of Heaven - Queen of Heaven - Lady of Uruk and Nineveh - The Storehouse - Protectress of Harlots - Queen Moon - Nin-me-sa-ra, Lady of Myriad Offices
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RULES:
love, war, fertility, rain, prostitutes, lightning, thunder, tears, rejoicing, enmity, fair dealing, stars, planets, wool, meat, grain, the natural world

"To pester, insult, deride, desecrate - and to venerate - is your domain, Inanna.
Downheartedness, calamity, heartache - and joy and good cheer - is your domain, Inanna.
Trembling, affright, terror - dazzling and glory - is your domain, Inanna."

FAMILY:
Inanna is Nanna's daughter, sister to Utu, Ishkur and Erishkigal. She is sometimes considered An's daughter.
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PLANET:
Mars - Moon - Uranus - Venus (as both the morning and the evening star)
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STAR: Inana is associated with Sirius, the Bowstar

ELEMENT: Earth - Water
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SYMBOL:
star of eight or sixteen points - a bundle of reeds tied in three places with streamers - rose - sacred tree or wooden totem
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NUMBER: 15
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ZODIAC: Virgo
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DEPICTED:
winged, with tiered skirt, horned headdress and weapons case - naked, with jewelry - standing atop a mountain - with winged lions

SACRED ANIMAL:
cow - lion - lion cub - dragon - Inanna is often attended by Imdugud, the thunderbird

PLANT: rose - date palm - grain

VEHICLE: chariot drawn by seven lions - reed boat - lion

GEOGRAPHY:
Nineveh, Uruk (Iraq) - Inanna's temple was the Eanna (House of Heaven), in Uruk

NATIVITY: January 2

INVOKE INANNA FOR:
sexual freedom - fertility - healing - love spells - sex magic - fatal love - power - abundance - procreation - battle, especially battling evil - tempests - rain - fashion - fertility of the natural world - destroying the indestructible - making the imperishable perish - fair dealing - a promotion - increased responsibility at work - guarding storehouses - igniting or extinguishing fires - oracles of war and battle - money spells (Ninanna)

Invoke Inanna: at dawn - in warehouses - where prostitutes stroll at night  Worship Inanna by making offerings to her at dawn

"The great queen of heaven, Inanna, I will hail!
The only one, come forth on high, I will hail!
The pure torch that flares in the sky,
the heavenly light shining bright like the day,
the great queen of heaven, Inanna, I will hail!
Of her standing in the sky like the sun and moon,
known by all lands from south to north,
of the greatness of the holy one in heaven
to the Lady I will sing."

Ancient hymns quoted here are adapted from The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion, by Thorkild Jacobsen

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