As the Epic of Gilgamesh itself makes clear, Inanna is beautiful and lovely and also dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: Gilgamesh the King] Reference

In Sumer, the goddess was known as Inanna, and in Babylon and Assyria, was known as Ishtar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

Subsector: B, Inanna Habitable: 2 (Atlantis, Nemra).    From Wordnik.com.  [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference

“Inanna,” I said and somehow the name was fitting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Substance of a Dream] Reference

Inanna handed over the rod and passed through the gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

Inanna handed over the ring and passed through the gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

Dening pointed her finger to the Sumerian myth of Inanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

Our boxer/lab mix, Inanna, is one of the loves of my life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brent Kessel: Don't Buy That Dog!] Reference

Perhaps I should rent Inanna out by the hour in this economy!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brent Kessel: Don't Buy That Dog!] Reference

Inanna too is my other half, though a dark and troubled half.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: Gilgamesh the King] Reference

But Inanna refused him too, as Cara had always been there for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

It covers everything from Inanna to Buffy, you know, so go read it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference

Hmmmmm, powdery-snaky and softy-skanky...so I will propose "Inanna.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Eau de...? Prize Draw] Reference

The 2nd part of the Inanna myth really focuses on her husband Dumuzi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

Inanna refused to let him take her place, as he had been there for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

So when Inanna returns to the upper realm she searches for a substitute.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

She then sent demons up to the surface to find someone to replace Inanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

“I have many names – Inanna, Badb, Eshara - which would you prefer?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Substance of a Dream] Reference

Ms. Sampson uses the mythology of this culture to tell the story of Inanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

Inanna becomes known outside of Mesopotamia by her Babylonian name, "Ishtar".    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

After Inanna gets out of the underworld we are introduced to her husband Dumuzi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

He's not grieving for Inanna because he doesn't really understand what death is.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Theory of Modes and Modalities] Reference

A couple weeks ago in my myth class, we were reading various stories about Inanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference

Her sister was Ereshkigal, queen of the Underworld, and Inanna wished to visit her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inanna and Ereshkigal] Reference

After Inanna has been missing for three days her assistant goes to other gods for help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

He had seen paintings of the two -- Inanna always depicted as beautiful, and Ereshkigal hideous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference

They believed her to be queen of the underworld, and her sister Inanna the goddess of discord and fertility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference

Before heading out Inanna gives instructions to her assistant about rescuing her if she runs into trouble, which she does.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Ancient Sumerian Origins of the Easter Story] Reference

Parallels may also be drawn to the Egyptian Isis, the Sumerian Inanna, and the (related) Babylonian Ishtar/Canaanite Astarte.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman Wisdom: Bible.] Reference

This is what is happening on the Uruk vase where the king is presenting a whole set of gifts to the temple of the city goddess Inanna.    From Wordnik.com.  [Focus on Iraq: Where Civilization Began] Reference