== 家族 ==
イナンナの双子の兄は、太陽と正義の神ウトゥ(アッカド語ではシャマシュと呼ばれる)である<ref>Black, Green, 1992, pages108, 182</ref><ref>Wolkstein, Kramer, 1983, pagesx–xi</ref><ref>Pryke, 2017, page36</ref>。シュメールの文献では、イナンナとウトゥは非常に親密な関係であることが示されており<ref>Pryke, 2017, pages36–37</ref>、近親相姦に近い関係であるとする現代作家もいる<ref>Pryke, 2017, pages36–37</ref><ref>Black, Green, 1992, page183</ref>。 イナンナは冥界降臨の神話において、冥界の女王エレシュキガルを「姉」と呼んでいるが<ref>Black, Green, 1992, page77</ref><ref>Pryke, 2017, page108</ref>、シュメール文学において2人の女神が一緒に現れることはほとんどなく<ref>Pryke, 2017, page108</ref>、神名帳でも同じカテゴリーに位置づけられていない<ref>Wiggermann, 1997, p47-48</ref>。フルリ語の影響により、いくつかの新アッシリアの資料(例えば罰則条項)では、イシュタルはアダドとも関連付けられており、フルリ神話のシャウシュカとその兄テシュブの関係を反映している<ref>Schwemer, 2007, p157</ref>。
Inanna's twin brother was [[Utu]] (known as Shamash in Akkadian), the god of the sun and justice. In Sumerian texts, Inanna and Utu are shown as extremely close; some modern authors perceive their relationship as bordering on [[incest]]uous. In the myth of her descent into the underworld, Inanna addresses [[Ereshkigal]], the queen of the underworld, as her "older sister", but the two goddesses almost never appear together in Sumerian literature and were not placed in the same category in god lists. Due to Hurrian influence, in some neo-Assyrian sources (for example penalty clauses) Ishtar was also associated with [[Adad]], with the relationship mirroring that between [[Shaushka]] and her brother [[Teshub]] in [[Hurrian mythology]].{{sfn|Schwemer|2007|p=157}}
The most common tradition regarded Nanna and his wife Ningal as her parents.{{sfn|Asher-Greve|Westenholz|2013|p=230}}{{sfn|Wilcke|1980|p=80}} Examples of it are present in sources as diverse as a god list from the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)|Early Dynastic period]],{{sfn|Asher-Greve|Westenholz|2013|p=45}} a hymn of [[Ishme-Dagan]] relaying how Enlil and Ninlil bestowed Inanna's powers upon her,{{sfn|Asher-Greve|Westenholz|2013|p=75}} a late syncretic hymn to [[Nanaya]],{{sfn|Asher-Greve|Westenholz|2013|p=116}} and an Akkadian ritual from [[Hattusa]].{{sfn|Beckman|2002|p=37}} While some authors assert that in Uruk Inanna was usually regarded as the daughter of the sky god [[Anu|An]],{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=108}}{{sfn|Leick|1998|page=88}}{{Sfn|Brandão|2019|pp=47, 74}} it is possible that references to him as her father are only referring to his status as an ancestor of Nanna and thus his daughter.{{sfn|Wilcke|1980|p=80}} In literary texts, [[Enlil]] or [[Enki]] may be addressed as her fathers{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|page=108}}{{sfn|Leick|1998|page=88}}{{sfn|Brandão|2019|p=74}} but references to major gods being "fathers" can also be examples of the use of this word as an epithet indicating seniority.<ref>