Inanna’s parentage varies across myths, sometimes as Enki’s daughter, sometimes as Nanna’s daughter, and most often as Enlil’s granddaughter and Enki’s niece. As Nanna’s daughter, she is twin to the sun god Utu-Shamash, and in some poems she is also Gilgamesh’s sister. Her power and provocation are defining traits in the tales about her. Inanna rose from a local Sumerian vegetative deity to Queen of Heaven and the most popular goddess in Mesopotamia through Enheduanna’s work around 2300 BCE. Under Sargon of Akkad, she became associated with Ishtar and gained martial aspects. Her main sanctuary was Eanna at Uruk, with temples across many cities. Myths portray her bringing knowledge and culture to Uruk.
"Inanna was the foremost Sumerian goddess, patron deity of Uruk. Her name was written with a sign that represents a reed stalk tied into a loop at the top. This appears in the very earliest written texts from the mid-fourth millenium B.C. She is also mentioned in all the early god lists among the four main deities, along with Anu, Enki, and Enlil."
"In the royal inscriptions of the early Dynastic Period, Inanna is often invoked as the special protectress of kings. Sargon of Akkad claimed her support in battle and politics. It appears that it was during the third millenium that the goddess acquired martial aspects that may derive from a syncretism with the Semitic deity Ishtar. Inanna's main sanctuary was the Eanna ('House of Heaven') at Uruk, although she had temples or chapels in most cities."
"Inanna in Myth Through the work of the Akkadian poet and high priestess Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE), daughter of Sargon of Akkad (reign 2334-2279 BCE), Inanna rose in prominence from a local vegetative deity of the Sumerian people to the Queen of Heaven and the most popular goddess in all of Mesopotamia. Under Sargon's reign, she came to be associated with Ishtar."
"Her power and provocation is almost always a defining characteristic in any of the tales told of her. Inanna in Myth Through the work of the Akkadian poet and high priestess Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE), daughter of Sargon of Akkad (reign 2334-2279 BCE), Inanna rose in prominence from a local vegetative deity of the Sumerian people to the Queen of Heaven and the most popular goddess in all of Mesopotamia."
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