Ishtar

Ishtar

Daughter of Elijah and Baal.

Ishtar was the goddess of physical love, fertility, war, and strife in Assyria and Babylonia. She is associated with Friday (I should have posted this yesterday, but I didn’t manage to ).

The principal myth tells how the goddess Ishtar offered her love to Gilgamesh. However, Gilgamesh rejected her, reminding her that many of her former lovers—gods, humans, and even animals—had met tragic ends because of her. Offended by his refusal, Ishtar sent the monstrous Bull of Heaven to the city of Uruk. The creature was created at her request by her father, the god Anu.

Other myths recount Ishtar’s descent into the Underworld. During her absence, love vanished from the earth, and all flora and fauna began to wither. In West Semitic mythology, Ishtar is associated with Astarte, while in Sumerian mythology she is identified with Inanna.

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