INANNA The most important god in Sumerian mythology, Inanna was the daughter of An, and as a war goddess overcame the mountain god Ebeh. She was best known though as the goddess of fertility and love. She it was who descended into the Sumerian hell, kur-nu-gi-a, wishing to brave the dangers of the dread place and visit her awful sister Ereshkigal. Before she left, she charged her Vizier, Ninshubur, to rescue her, should she not return.