relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id
475,ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN,parent_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,Inanna/Ishtar has lunar-god parentage in some traditions.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
476,ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ,paired_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Dumuzi is the consort of Inanna in Sumerian myth and sacred marriage traditions.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
1369,ENT_CAN_ASTARTE,reception_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Astarte as Canaanite reception of Mesopotamian Ishtar; love/war attributes, iconography, and name cognate.",SRC_UGARIT_DDD,reviewed,PER_CAN_BRONZE_AGE
1477,ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA,identified_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,"Shaushka as the Hurrian reception of Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar; Hittite texts call her ""Ishtar of Nineveh"" and ""Ishtar of Samuha""; the identification is explicit in the primary sources.",SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS,reviewed,PER_HTT_EMPIRE
1586,ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL,sibling_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Ereshkigal as the sister of Inanna; the Descent of Inanna establishes that the queen of the Great Below and the queen of heaven and earth are divine sisters whose domains define the cosmic poles of life/love and death.,SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,PER_MES_EARLY
1593,ENT_MES_NINGAL,parent_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Ningal is explicitly named as the mother of Inanna in Sumerian hymns; the parentage Nanna + Ningal → Inanna is the standard Sumerian tradition. Ningal's maternal role provides Inanna with both a lunar/celestial father (Nanna) and a divine mother who intercedes before the gods.,SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,PER_MES_UR_III
1597,ENT_APHRODITE,reception_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,Aphrodite as the Greek reception of the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar tradition; the Queen of Heaven / morning-star / love-war combination transmitted via Cypriot Aphrodite cult and Phoenician mediation.,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,reviewed,PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
2378,ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Atargatis and Inanna/Ishtar are parallel expressions of the Semitic great goddess tradition: both encompass love, fertility, war, sovereignty, and prophecy in a single divine figure; both have lion iconography (the lion throne); both have sacred prostitution traditions associated with their cults; and both are the supreme female divine powers of their respective traditions. The alignment is typological and structural — representing different regional expressions of the ancient Near Eastern great goddess — rather than a direct historical reception. Lipiński (2000) p. 600.",SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS,reviewed,PER_ARA_IRON_AGE
2390,ENT_ELAM_KIRIRISHA,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Kiririsha and Inanna/Ishtar are parallel as the dominant great goddesses of neighboring ancient Near Eastern civilizations — both are ""the great goddess"" of their respective traditions, both combine fertility, sovereignty, and protection functions, and both absorbed the titles and iconographic features of earlier mother goddess traditions. During periods of strong Mesopotamian cultural influence on Elam (especially the Old Elamite period of Ur III contact), Kiririsha assimilated some Inanna/Ninhursag characteristics. Confidence medium: they are parallel rather than equated, and their theological programs differ significantly in detail. Potts (1999) p. 288; Carter & Stolper (1984) p. 42.",SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL
3658,ENT_MES_NINSHUBUR,rescues,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Ninshubur's intercession secures Inanna's release from the underworld.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
3665,ENT_MES_ISHARA,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Goddess of love associated with, but distinct from, Ishtar.",SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
3670,ENT_MES_LULAL,member_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,low,A servant-god of Inanna at Bad-tibira.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
3672,ENT_MES_NINSIANNA,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"The personified Venus, closely linked to Inanna.",SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
3696,ENT_MES_SALTU,opposes,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,Made as a rival to humble Ishtar in the Agushaya Hymn.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
3852,ENT_MES_NANAYA,identified_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Love goddess closely syncretized with Inanna and Ishtar,SRC_ETCSL,reviewed,
3854,ENT_MES_SHARA,child_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,"Warrior city-god of Umma, son of Inanna",SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
4015,ENT_MES_NINEGAL,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,low,Belet-ekallim/Ninegal was originally a distinct palace goddess; equated with Inanna only in some literary contexts.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
4069,ENT_MES_MES_SANGA_UNUG,member_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,He is described as the 'great ensi of Inanna' in the earliest Uruk sources.,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
4071,ENT_MES_NINIRIGAL,member_of,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,medium,"Ninirigal is tutelary of Kullaba, the Uruk district of Inanna, listed among the chief Zame deities.",SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,reviewed,
4119,ENT_ELAM_PINIKIR,equated_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,Pinikir shares the 'mistress of heaven'/Venus profile of Inanna-Ishtar and is equated with her in god lists.,SRC_HENKELMAN_ELAM,reviewed,
4143,ENT_ELAM_NARUNDI,aligned_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,low,Narundi is a martial/victory goddess functionally drawn into Ishtar's orbit; in An=Anum she is sister of the Sebitti. Not a firm equation.,SRC_POTTS_ELAM,reviewed,
6648,ENT_HRN_APHRODITE_VENUS,equated_with,ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,high,"Venus in the Mesopotamian-Harranian astral scheme is Inanna/Ishtar, the planet's ancient owner (planetary identification; Green).",SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD,reviewed,