Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. - Jeremiah 44:25 KJV.
2007-10-16 14:56:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
As there is a direct line from the oldest of Female Fertility Goddesses, Ashteroth, through Inanna to Isis, and the Hebrews spent time in all the countries where these three reigned as a Goddess. Fertility was very important in those ancient days. The Hebrew Male God offered no real support to woman at all. He only said to have children and Hebrew males would cast off a woman who did not--and male babies at that.....it is no wonder that Inanna was called upon.
2007-10-16 15:15:26 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The etymology of Inanna's name is unclear. Some have suggested that it may originally have been Nin-anna "Queen of Heaven" (from Sumerian NIN "lady", AN "sky"). The name also sounds very close to "Nanna" the name of the Sumerian moon god, which may indicate that the two deities may at one time have been one, or they may have a common origin, although once again the cuneiform signatures are very different.
Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare. The Akkadians called her Ishtar. The goddess of love and war, if Inanna wasn't strapping on her battle sandals, she was seen swaggering around the streets of her home town, dragging young men out of the taverns to have sex with her. Despite her association with mating and fertility of humans and animals, Inanna was not a mother goddess, and is rarely associated with childbirth. Inanna was also associated with rain and storms and with the planet Venus
2007-10-17 00:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by Rachelle_of_Shangri_La 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Queen of Heaven is identified with the Assyrian Ishtar and the Canaanite Astarte.
2007-10-17 08:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that in the bible the goddess is usually Asherah/Asherate/Ashtoreth. Remember there are many Gods, but only one Goddess known by many names. Yahweh is asociated with Asherah/Anat who is also Innanna.
2007-10-16 22:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋