1Due to this link, Inanna is sometimes cited as daughter of Enki.
2Dumuzi was Inanna's mortal consort, who served her as king of Uruk.
3Anyway, you can't understand what I'm about to do until you understand Inanna.
4Sumerian mortal who married Inanna to bring fertility to his land.
5Sweet Inanna is the most important goddess in the Sumerian pantheon.
6Enki creates two people and sends them into the netherworld to rescue Inanna.
7Inanna loved Dumuzi greatly, and his life as her consort was very sweet.
8My face must have revealed my every thought, for Inanna smiled.
9Call me Hecate or Cybele, Venus or Inanna, Neith or Tanit, Kore or Demeter.
10But as she ventured into the realm of death, Inanna came to seven gates.
11Thus, Inanna was later known as Ishtar, while Dumuzi came to be known as Tammuz.
12I also love an ancient Sumerian goddess called Inanna whose stories predate the Greek myths.
13Through their magic, Inanna is brought back to life.
14From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear
15Inanna invented weaving and the arts of lovemaking.
16Inanna: From the Myths of Ancient Sumer