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Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power.Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯).
The figure is also a major character in the TV series Ashes of Love. He is in charge of love and marriage of all mortal beings through the use of his red threads. [6] In Grace Lin's 2009 novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, a main character is named the “Old Man of the Moon” and seems to be heavily derived from Yue Lao and the story of ...
The god of empirical time, sometimes equated with Aion. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus (Kronos), the father of Zeus. Ἔρεβος (Érebos) Erebus: The god of darkness and shadow, as well as the void that existed between Earth and the Underworld. Ἔρως (Érōs) Eros: The god of love and attraction. Γαῖα (Gaîa) Gaia
In the magical world of Harry Potter, a Patronus is one of the most powerful defensive charms. It takes the form of an animal that evokes the spirit of the spell's caster.
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The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna. Aphrodite's main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was celebrated annually in midsummer.
The Los Angeles-set series captures their stops and starts as they fall in love reluctantly, knowing the challenges that face them in the form of cultural differences and family expectations.
A fragmentary late neo-Assyrian god list appears to consider her and another figure regarded as the wife of Anu, Urash, as one and the same, and refers to "Ki-Urash." [403] Kittum: Bad-Tibira, Rahabu [404] Kittum was a daughter of Utu and Sherida. [405] Her name means "Truth". [405] Kus: Kus is a god of herdsmen referenced in the Theogony of ...