Ninsianna
Ninsianna is the Sumerian deity of the planet Venus.[1] She was originally a goddess, but was sometimes later viewed as a god.[1] She is described in one text as the "holy torch who fills the heavens"[1] and was frequently associated with haruspicy.[1] Her worship is first attested during the Third Dynasty of Ur and she continued to be venerated until the Seleucid period.[1] Especially in later texts, she is often subsumed as an aspect of Inanna-Ishtar.[1] Her main cult center was the É-eš-bar-zi-da temple in Ur,[1] but she also had other temples in Sippar, Larsa, and Uruk.[1]
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- Stephens, Kathryn (2016), "Ninsi'anna (god/goddess); Deity of the planet Venus; an aspect of Inana/Ištar as Venus.", Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses, Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus, UK Higher Education Academy
Categories:
- Mesopotamian goddesses
- Sky and weather goddesses
- Stellar goddesses
- Venusian deities
- Third Dynasty of Ur
- Inanna