Nanaia

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Usage：Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)

Meaning & History：

Greek form of NANAYA.

NANAYA female Near Eastern Mythology

Meaning unknown, possibly related to INANNA. This was the name of a goddess worshipped by the Sumerians and Akkadians. She was later conflated with the goddesses Anahita and Aphrodite.

INANNA female Near Eastern Mythology

Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the heavens". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of the earth, love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband Dumuzi took her place.

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EQUIVALENTS

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Nanaea, Nanaya

OTHER FORMS

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Inanna