Echoes
Inanna, Ishtar of Nineveh, Shaushka and Astarte
One god under four names, across The Cradle of Cities.
Why the sources call them one god
The Akkadian Ishtar inherits Inanna's mythos with relatively little change
From the entry on Inanna, naming Ishtar of Nineveh
Sumerian Inanna under another name, and yet not quite the same
From the entry on Ishtar of Nineveh, naming Inanna
Shaushka's identification with Ishtar is direct and was acknowledged in antiquity
From the entry on Shaushka, naming Ishtar of Nineveh
Astarte was the Phoenician name of the goddess whom the Mesopotamians called Ishtar and the Sumerians Inanna
From the entry on Astarte, naming Ishtar of Nineveh
Astarte was the Phoenician name of the goddess whom the Mesopotamians called Ishtar and the Sumerians Inanna