ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Goddess of fertility and war.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC to 1750 BC.
SYNONYMS Inninna; IS ˇ TAR [Akkadian]; Nin-mesar-ra (lady of a myriad offices)
CENTER(S) OF CULT Unug [Warka]; also Erbil and Nineveh.
God of war. Celtic (Continental European). Mentioned by the Roman writer Lucan but otherwise virtually unknown. He may have originated as a tree god. One carving [Trier] identifies Esus felling a tree with birds in the branches (see also INANA). Elsewhere he is associated with three cranes and a bull.
Witch's Well 