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{{Main|{{Sect|Inanna|Origin}}|section=1}} | {{Main|{{Sect|Inanna|Origin}}|section=1}} | ||
Ishtar is the East Semitic name for [[Inanna]], a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war who is associated with the planet Venus. The name Ishtar is the East Semitic form of the Proto-Semitic theonym *''ʿAṯtar'', which was used by the Semitic peoples to refer to a deity associated with Venus (cf. [[Ashtar]] and [[Astarte]]). East Semitic peoples, | Ishtar is the East Semitic name for [[Inanna]], a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war who is associated with the planet Venus. The name Ishtar is the East Semitic form of the Proto-Semitic theonym *''ʿAṯtar'', which was used by the Semitic peoples to refer to a deity associated with Venus (cf. [[Ashtar]] and [[Astarte]]). East Semitic peoples, in an instance of syncretism with the Sumerian religion, would identify their deity as the same as the Sumerian goddess Inanna around the time of Sargon of Akkad. | ||
===Design=== | ===Design=== | ||