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Her husband is the god Dumuzid (later known as Tammuz), and her sukkal (attendant) is the goddess Ninshubur, later conflated with the male deities Ilabrat and Papsukkal. Inanna was worshipped in Sumer at least as early as the Uruk period (c. 4000 – 3100 BCE), and her cultic activity was relatively localized before the conquest of Sargon of Akkad.
The noun goddess is a secondary formation, combining the Germanic god with the Latinate -ess suffix. It first appeared in Middle English, from about 1350. [3] The English word follows the linguistic precedent of a number of languages—including Egyptian, Classical Greek, and several Semitic languages—that add a feminine ending to the language's word for god.
There is a deity known within the movement and other spiritual groups as the Triple Goddess, who represents a woman's stages of life. Members say it's not strictly for women but for a general guide through childhood, maturity, and old age, but it strongly correlates with women.
Ninsun (D NIN.SÚN) as the mother of Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh (standard Babylonian version), appears in 5 of the 12 chapters (tablets I, II, III, IV, and XII). The other personage using NIN is the god Ninurta (D NIN.URTA), who appears in Tablet I, and especially in the flood myth of Tablet XI.
Tanit or Tinnit (Punic: 𐤕𐤍𐤕 Tīnnīt [3]) was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage; she derives from a local Berber deity and the consort of Baal Hammon. [a] [5] [6] As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, [7] so is Tannit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, [2] whom the Egyptians identify as Neith and the Greeks identify as Athena.
Cassandra or Kassandra (/ k ə ˈ s æ n d r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced, sometimes referred to as Alexandra; Ἀλεξάνδρα) [3] in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a ...
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.
The name Ardhanarishvara means "the Lord Who is half woman." Ardhanarishvara is also known by other names like Ardhanaranari ("the half man-woman"), Ardhanarisha ("the Lord who is half woman"), Ardhanarinateshvara ("the Lord of Dance (Who is half-woman), [1] [2] Parangada, [3] Naranari ("man-woman"), Ammaiyappan (a Tamil Name meaning "Mother-Father"), [4] and Ardhayuvatishvara (in Assam, "the ...