The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Who is Inanna from Beauty's Release and what is their importance?

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Inanna is one of the women in the Harem of Beautiful and Virtuous Wives. Because of the other wives respect for her, Beauty believes that she is the Sultana. She is the most beautiful of the wives and has violet eyes. She rescues Beauty from a niche in the wall and the two make love. Inanna reveals to Beauty her genital mutilation. She is brave to risk punishment for a night of passion and seems determined to do so again before Beauty is rescued.