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Parchment-style artwork of Inanna surrounded by lions and stars, Sumerian mythology scene.

Inanna: The Queen of Heaven and the Descent to the Underworld (Sumerian Mythology)

Inanna, known to the Akkadians and Babylonians as Ishtar, was the radiant Queen of Heaven, goddess of love, beauty, war, fertility, and divine justice. She embodied duality: passion and destruction, creation and chaos, tenderness and wrath. Her sacred symbols included the eight-pointed star, the lion, and the reed gate, each representing divine authority and cosmic passage. Inanna’s temples, the Eanna
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