Inanna: The Most Popular Goddess of Ancient Mesopotamia (opens in new tab)
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. Inanna is depicted as a brash, independent young woman; impulsive and yet calculating, kind and, at the same time, careless with others' feelings or property or even their lives.
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