MythicInanna (Sumerian) / Ishtar (Akkadian)
UBEve, Material Daughter
Eve, Material Daughter = Inanna (Sumerian) / Ishtar (Akkadian)
The Connection
Inanna is associated with a sacred garden, a tree, fruit, a fall from grace, and a descent. The Huluppu Tree myth places Inanna in a garden with a sacred tree at Uruk. Eve is placed in the Garden of Eden with the Tree of Life. Both are powerful, beautiful, central to civilization, and experience a catastrophic fall.
UB Citation
UB 74-76
Academic Source
Wolkstein & Kramer, Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth (1983); ETCSL 1.3.1
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
ETCSL 1.8.1.4 "Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld" contains a single narrative with: a divine female figure, a sacred garden, a sacred tree, a serpent associated with the tree, and a loss of status/fall. Oxford UP describes this as "a drastic demotion in Inanna's status." These elements predate Genesis by over a millennium. The Anzu bird also appears in the same tree.