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 huluppu tree for a throne by a serpent (15[1])that can’t be charmed, (-5[1])a bird, and a woman named Lilitu. After this deity’s consort didn’t properly mourn, this deity (15[1])allowed demons called (*) galla to take him to the underworld. This consort of Dumuzid is (10[1])afflicted with sixty diseases while trying to reach their (10[1])sister Ereshkigal. This deity passed (-5[1])through seven gates (10[1])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■ (10[2])

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