Question

A “junior fisherman” sent by this deity defeats the title rampaging figure of the Tale of Gudam. It is decided that this deity should marry in a poem titled for them preferring “the farmer.” This deity is hindered from using a (15[1])huluppu tree for a throne by a serpent that can’t be charmed, a bird, and a woman named Lilitu. After this deity’s consort didn’t properly mourn, this deity allowed demons called (*) galla to take him to the underworld. This consort of Dumuzid is afflicted with sixty diseases while trying to reach their sister Ereshkigal. (10[1])This deity passed through seven (-5[1])gates while descending into the underworld. This deity sent the Bull of Heaven after Gilgamesh since he (10[1])refused to marry her. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian love and fertility goddess. ■END■

ANSWER: Inanna [or Ishtar; or Astarte; accept Inanna Prefers the Farmer]
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