Inanna (Pagan Blog Project "I")

I am lacking in inspiration this week, and I'm blaming this on my current and exhausting exercise regimen LOL I am so sore and tired that I can't even think of something semi-interesting to post about for the letter "I".  Yep, in my pursuit of health and improving my quality of life, I am not only eating healthier but have added Kickboxing on Tuesdays and Thursdays, to my already existing Zumba routine on Wednesdays. I love both, I really do; they are fun, but I spend my weekends just recouping LOL Last night's kickboxing did a thorough job of kick my ass, and today I am hurting... inner thighs, lower back, upper arms, upper back, knees, feet.... O M G.

I decided to post about Inanna this week. Inanna aka Ninnanna, daughter of the Summarian sky god, An, but also the Moon god, Nanna, is probably one of the most well know goddesses in Paganism. She is the goddess of grain, fertility, love and war; she is a lover, healer, protectress, lifegiver, and a strongly independent female; her personality has many attributes:

strength

independence

sensuality

playfulness

passion

eroticism

powerful

magnetism

love

joy

jealousy

generosity

ferocity

and last but so NOT least... 

FREEDOM!

Sensual 

Warrior Protectress

The decent of Inanna

Other names: Mother Goddess, Goddess of the Morning and  Evening Star, Goddess of the Earth and Sky.

Innana's Song of Power

"My father gave me the heavens, gave me the earth,

I am Inanna!

Kingship he gave me,

queenship he gave me,

waging battle he gave me, the attack he gave me,

the floodstorm he gave me, the hurricane he gave me!

The heavens he set as a crown on my head,

the earth he set as sandals on my feet,

a holy robe he wrapped around my body,

a holy sceptor he placed in my hand.

The gods are sparrows -- I am a falcon;

the Anunnaki trundle along -- I am a splendid wild cow;

I am father Enlil's splendid wild cow,

his splendid wild cow leading the way!"

http://inanna.virtualave.net/inannatext9.html

Some Correspondences:

Eight pointed star or Rosette

Venus

East, and West

Pisces

Lapis Lazuli and Bloodstone

Spring Equinox

Dawn and Evening

Crescent Moon and Dark Moon

Apples, Bread, Dates, Grains, Figs, Olives, Wines

Cow, dove, dragon, lion, viper, scorpion, sparrow, sheep