== 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>。イナンナの物語は、他の神々が固定的な役割と限られた領域を持つのとは異なり、征服から征服へと移り変わっていく姿を描いている<ref>Vanstiphout, 1984, pages225–228</ref><ref>Penglase, 1994, pages15–17</ref>。
The [[Sumer]]ians worshipped Inanna as the goddess of both warfare and love. 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,