Inanna was one of two Untheric goddesses of love and war (the other was her "daughter", Ishtar). Her manifestation on Toril was killed during the Orcgate Wars.[4] Her symbol was a shepherd's staff.[1]
Description[]
Inanna manifested as a beautiful human female. She wielded a small double-bladed brass axe that caused any armor it hit to crumble into dust. Her breast plates negated any damage against heat, cold, fangs, or claws. She drove a chariot pulled by seven flying lions in battle.[5]
Divine Realm[]
Inanna's realm, known as the Jealous Heart, existed in Phlegethos, the 4th layer of the Nine Hells in the Great Wheel cosmology.[1] For a time it was adjacent to Hecate's realm of Aeaea[6] before the magic goddess moved it to the 3rd layer Minauros.[7] Within her realm there were planar conduits to reach the worlds where she was venerated.[6]
The Jealous Heart was a great field covered in crimson dust, crisscrossed by rivers of blood that nourished the sweet fruits of the trees, and tinted with reddish light that danced through the air. Though the physical land was not fiery, it might look that way and certainly felt that way.[1]
Inanna's was the passion known in the caress of steel or flesh, and any who entered her realm succumbed to a desire for one or other other within a day, although by the end of the next the feelings would swing back to the other extreme. These feelings, while not cold, were rational, with everyone still having goals and plans on how to achieve them. The main city, Eridan, was a place where the lovers of the realm took defense against the warriors one day and tried to cut their way out of the city while the warriors fought their way in the next.[1]
Relationships[]
Inanna was once the wife of Enlil, but he set her aside, leaving her to seethe under his rule.[1]
The goddess Ishtar was born from Inanna. Once they were the same being, but as Inanna's people grew more civilized, her pantheon split in two, with new aspects of the older gods becoming entities in their own right.[8]
History[]
Inanna presumably came to Toril with the other Untheric deities aboard the Galley of the Gods.[9] She was killed by one of the Orcish gods in −1071 DR,[10] and her body was laid to rest in a God-Tomb in Unther.[11]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Colin McComb (October 1996). On Hallowed Ground. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 62. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
- ↑ Richard Baker, James Wyatt (March 2004). Player's Guide to Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 165. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5.
- ↑ Colin McComb (October 1996). On Hallowed Ground. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 172. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 95. ISBN 978-0786906574.
- ↑ James Ward, Robert J. Kuntz (August 1980). Deities & Demigods. Edited by Lawrence Schick. (TSR, Inc.), p. 110. ISBN 0-935696-22-9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jeff Grubb (July 1987). Manual of the Planes 1st edition. (TSR), p. 111. ISBN 0880383992.
- ↑ Robin D. Laws, Robert J. Schwalb (December 2006). Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells. Edited by Chris Thomasson, Gary Sarli, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0-7869-3940-4.
- ↑ Colin McComb (October 1996). On Hallowed Ground. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 65. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 94. ISBN 978-0786906574.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 62. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
