> > ###### Inanna, the Nondomesticated Woman > > One portrayal of a goddess as woman-in-society reveals basic Sumerian conceptions about the nature and characteristics of women apart from their family functions. This is the goddess Inanna (called also by the Semitic name Ishtar), who serves the important function of modeling a role that women were not expected to fill and that was not considered socially desirable. She represents the nondomesticated woman, and exemplifies all the fear and attraction that such a woman elicits. She is the exception to the rule, the woman who does not behave in societally approved ways, the goddess who models the crossing of gender lines and the danger that this presents. Because of her anomalous position, Inanna is the goddess who receives the most attention in these Sumerian myths, and appears as a most richly developed character. (Frymer-KenskyIn, *In the Wake of Goddesses*, pg.25)