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Inanna in a sentence
Inanna meaning
A Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.
Synonyms of Inanna
Using Inanna
- The main meaning on this page is: A Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.
- Useful related words include: semitic deity.
- In the example corpus, inanna often appears in combinations such as: goddess inanna, to inanna.
Context around Inanna
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inanna
- In this selection, "inanna" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, goddess, took, escapes and legitimising stand out and add context to how "inanna" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include city where inanna will not and dedicated to inanna which incorporate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inanna" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inanna
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Inanna escapes her pursuers and arrives safely back at the quay at Uruk. (13 words)
It took Inanna’s bikini photo just one day to earn more than 440,000 likes. (16 words)
In later traditions, one became an ensi by marrying the goddess Inanna, legitimising the rulership through divine consent. (18 words)
Enki, as the protector of whoever comes to seek his help, and as the empowerer of Inanna, here challenges the young impetuous goddess to control her anger so as to be better able to function as a great judge. (39 words)
History The history of the dominatrix is argued to date back to rituals of the Goddess Inanna (or Ishtar as she was known in Akkadian), in ancient Mesopotamia. (28 words)
Politically, this myth would seem to indicate events of an early period when political authority passed from Enki's city of Eridu to Inanna's city of Uruk. (28 words)
Example sentences (9)
It took Inanna’s bikini photo just one day to earn more than 440,000 likes.
Academic historian and archaeologist Anne O Nomis has undertaken research revealing cuneiform texts dedicated to Inanna which incorporate domination rituals.
Enki, as the protector of whoever comes to seek his help, and as the empowerer of Inanna, here challenges the young impetuous goddess to control her anger so as to be better able to function as a great judge.
History The history of the dominatrix is argued to date back to rituals of the Goddess Inanna (or Ishtar as she was known in Akkadian), in ancient Mesopotamia.
Inanna escapes her pursuers and arrives safely back at the quay at Uruk.
In classic Enkian fashion, the father advises Shukaletuda to hide in the city where Inanna will not be able to find him.
In later traditions, one became an ensi by marrying the goddess Inanna, legitimising the rulership through divine consent.
Next morning, with a hangover, he asks his servant Isimud for his Me, only to be informed that he has given them to Inanna.
Politically, this myth would seem to indicate events of an early period when political authority passed from Enki's city of Eridu to Inanna's city of Uruk.
Common combinations with inanna
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- goddess inanna 3×
- to inanna 2×