Ishtar (the word comes from the Akkadian language; she was known as Inanna in Sumerian) was the first deity for which we have written evidence. She was closely related to romantic love ...

Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love and war (known to the Akkadians as Ishtar), ultimately restored Enheduanna to her position. “To my queen arrayed in beauty,” the “Exaltation” continues ...

Not only did the Mesopotamians worship the goddess Ishtar (in Akkadian) or Inanna (in Sumerian), but they also respected women and their important societal contributions, whether as mothers or wet ...

2340–2285 B.C.), instituted Ishtar, the Semitic goddess of war, as the patron deity of the dynasty, rather than of just a single city. A landmark of the Akkadian capital, Agade, was the Eulmash ...

In Enheduanna's poems, Inanna was equated with her Akkadian counterpart, Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, Tamur said. In the writings of the priestess, "Inanna is both fierce and cruel ...