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鳩はイナンナ/イシュタルに関連する著名な動物でもある<ref>Lewis, Llewellyn-Jones, 2018, page=335</ref><ref>Botterweck, Ringgren, 1990, page35</ref>。鳩は、紀元前3千年紀の初めにはイナンナに関連する祭具に描かれていた<ref>Botterweck, Ringgren, 1990, page35</ref>。紀元前13世紀のアシュシュルのイシュタル神殿から鉛製の鳩の置物が発見され<ref>Botterweck, Ringgren, 1990, page35</ref>、シリアのマリの壁画には、イシュタル神殿のヤシの木から巨大な鳩が姿を現しており<ref>Lewis, Llewellyn-Jones, 2018, page335</ref>、女神自身が鳩の姿をとることもあったと考えられている<ref>Lewis, Llewellyn-Jones, 2018, page335</ref>。

Inanna was associated with the planet Venus, which is named after her Roman equivalent [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]].{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pages=108–109}}{{sfn|Nemet-Nejat|1998|page=203}}{{sfn|Black|Green|1992|pages=108–109}} Several hymns praise Inanna in her role as the goddess or personification of the planet Venus.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=161–172}} Theology professor Jeffrey Cooley has argued that, in many myths, Inanna's movements may correspond with the movements of the planet Venus in the sky.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=161–172}} In ''Inanna's Descent to the Underworld'', unlike any other deity, Inanna is able to descend into the netherworld and return to the heavens. The planet Venus appears to make a similar descent, setting in the West and then rising again in the East.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=161–172}} An introductory hymn describes Inanna leaving the heavens and heading for ''Kur'', what could be presumed to be the mountains, replicating the rising and setting of Inanna to the West.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=161–172}} In ''Inanna and Shukaletuda'', Shukaletuda is described as scanning the heavens in search of Inanna, possibly searching the eastern and western horizons.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=163–164}} In the same myth, while searching for her attacker, Inanna herself makes several movements that correspond with the movements of Venus in the sky.{{sfn|Cooley|2008|pages=161–172}}