'Inanna' (Sumerian; 'Ishtar' in Akkadian) is the great goddess of love, sexuality, war, and fertility [S4][S5][S6]. She is the 'queen of heaven', the morning/evening star (Venus) [S5]. Her great temple was at Uruk (the 'Eanna') [S5][S6]. Inanna is the most complex of the Mesopotamian deities: she is both the goddess of love and the goddess of war, both the life-giver and the death-bringer [S4][S5]. The great myth of 'Inanna's Descent to the Underworld': Inanna descends to the underworld to attend the funeral of her sister Ereshkigal (the underworld-goddess), is stripped of her powers at the seven gates, is killed, and is restored by Enki (who sends a being to bring her back) [S4][S5]. The 'Descent' is a myth of death and resurrection, and is one of the oldest attested 'descent-and-return' myths [S4][S5]. Inanna's 'Venus' role (the morning/evening star) makes her the goddess of the 'star' (the eight-pointed star is her symbol) [S5].