== 特徴 ==
シュメール人は、イナンナを戦いと愛の女神として崇拝していた<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page108</ref>。
The [[Sumer]]ians worshipped Inanna as the goddess of both warfare and love.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=108}} Unlike other gods, whose roles were static and whose domains were limited, the stories of Inanna describe her as moving from conquest to conquest.{{sfn|Vanstiphout|1984|pages=225–228}}{{sfn|Penglase|1994|pages=15–17}} She was portrayed as young and impetuous, constantly striving for more power than she had been allotted.{{sfn|Vanstiphout|1984|pages=225–228}}{{sfn|Penglase|1994|pages=15–17}}
Although she was worshipped as the goddess of love, Inanna was not the goddess of marriage, nor was she ever viewed as a mother goddess.{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pp=108–9}}{{sfn|Leick|2013|pages=65–66}} [[Andrew R. George]] goes as far as stating that "According to all mythology,