Her consort, a god of vegetation, was sometimes given the epithet "the Shepherd," and was forced to spend half of each year in the underworld.
In one epic, she sends advice to Enmerkar by way of Enmerkar's messenger, Lugalbanda. In one hymn, her consort is likened to "A willow that rejoiced not by the watercourse, / A willow whose roots were torn up." Her consort was the son of Duttur, a personification of the ewe, and was chosen by this goddess over the farmer Enkimdu. Some sources state that her mother was Ningal, and her father was the Sumerian moon-god. Her consort, a god of vegetation, was sometimes given the epithet "the Shepherd," and was forced to spend half of each year in the underworld. FTP, name this Sumerian fertility goddess, the wife of Dumuzi, whose Akkadian counterpart was Ishtar.
In one epic, she sends advice to Enmerkar by way of Enmerkar's messenger, Lugalbanda.
Inanna