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Lady of Heaven - Inanna

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sagadahoctrott32.46last yearPeakD4 min read

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Like Mahadevi, the goddess of a thousand names, Inanna has a great number. Although it is Ninhursag who is the Sumerian "Mother of the Gods," it is also possible that different avatars of the same entity are being represented or were transferred through cultural upheavals or the politics of the day.

She also had a uniquely high number of epithets and alternate names, comparable only to Nergal.

Source

Her Akkadian and Assyrian name was Ishtar. Her Sumerian name was Inanna and she was the patroness deity of Uruk.

Also of note,

Her name [Inanna] was written with a sign that represents a reed stalk tied into a loop at the top.

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagadahoctrott/23u5y1qrSUse68SmhYHhJbfwxg8SqCedb4t8i7s3k3kSn7Y2ZLa8YYs1RvS45neTJxRs8.jpg

and,

Inanna's main sanctuary was the Eanna ("House of Heaven") at Uruk...

Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Female_deity_pouring_a_life-giving_water_from_a_vessel._Facade_of_Inanna_Temple_at_Uruk%2C_Iraq._15th_century_BC._The_Pergamon_Museum.jpg/319px-Female_deity_pouring_a_life-giving_water_from_a_vessel._Facade_of_Inanna_Temple_at_Uruk%2C_Iraq._15th_century_BC._The_Pergamon_Museum.jpg

Notice the similar honeybee-like appearance from earlier posts? It is also curious from above that two reed bundles side-by-side resemble the letter M. Further, it is known that:

Mu was derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water, which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their word for water...

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Inanna_symbol_and_cuneiform_logogram%2C_the_reed_ring_stalk.jpg

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ishtar_inanna_BaU_vase_Louvre_AO17000-detail.jpg/303px-Ishtar_inanna_BaU_vase_Louvre_AO17000-detail.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Terracotta_plaque%2C_showing_the_goddess_Ishtar._19th-17th_century_BCE._From_Iraq._Pergamon_Museum.jpg/356px-Terracotta_plaque%2C_showing_the_goddess_Ishtar._19th-17th_century_BCE._From_Iraq._Pergamon_Museum.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Periodo_accadico%2C_sigillo_in_calcare_nero_con_ishtar_con_piede_su_schiena_di_leone_e_una_devota%2C_2350-2150_ac_ca.jpg/640px-Periodo_accadico%2C_sigillo_in_calcare_nero_con_ishtar_con_piede_su_schiena_di_leone_e_una_devota%2C_2350-2150_ac_ca.jpg

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Terracotta_plaque_showing_the_Goddess_Ishtar_standing_on_a_lion._From_Iraq._18th-17th_century_BCE._Pergamon_Museum.jpg/351px-Terracotta_plaque_showing_the_Goddess_Ishtar_standing_on_a_lion._From_Iraq._18th-17th_century_BCE._Pergamon_Museum.jpg

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Warka_mask_%28cropped%29.jpg/404px-Warka_mask_%28cropped%29.jpg

Might there be a simple way to combine the many symbols seen in the past few posts into a single object?

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagadahoctrott/23tbydoMKHJSi8tSQHq2ctHhTYCUy224epF1kmSorrCu1zGsf5wA6XB6iH6M51UidSdWG.JPG

One can see a crescent, a triplicate of circles, a labrys (Minoan double-axe), a bee-hive shape, and a winged-insectoid form.

Now flip them upside down...

https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagadahoctrott/23xAgesNJrFFNA47TuFdbs8Ss18KkqsA8AT6qmHHovy8gy3Z1pXvGLRScAry6uunpH1tU.png

and the top of the Ankh...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Anch.png/341px-Anch.png

The Labrys Minoan axe and rod symbol is the bottom of the Ankh. Combine the pendant above with a Labrys and you get an Ankh.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Deir_el-Bahari_2016-03-25n.jpg/640px-Deir_el-Bahari_2016-03-25n.jpg

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