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Nanaya

Also known as Nana

Nanaya was a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, worshipped from the 3rd millennium BCE and closely linked with Inanna-Ishtar. Her cult spread east to Elam, Iran and Central Asia, where she was venerated at temples in Elymais and Susa, and later as Nana among the Kushans and Sogdians.

Nanaya
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Kingdom of Elymais

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nanaya. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nanaya
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