Old Babylonian relief from the early second millennium BCE showing Ishtar wearing a crown and flounced skirt, holding her symbol, currently held in the Museum Symbol hook-shaped knot of reeds,,,, symbolic staff, Consort other consorts Parents Equivalents Greek equivalent Canaanite equivalent Sumerian equivalent Ishtar (; cuneiform: 𒀭𒈹 ištar) was the goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, combat, and political power, the (,, and ) counterpart to the, and a of the goddess and the goddess. Ishtar was an important deity in from around 3500 BCE, until its gradual decline between the 1st and 5th centuries CE with the spread of.

Beethoven Tempest Sonata 3rd Movement Pdf File here. Ishtar's primary symbols were the lion and the eight-pointed. She was associated with the planet Venus and subsumed many important aspects of her character and her cult from the earlier Sumerian goddess Inanna. Ishtar's most famous myth is the story of her, which is largely based on an older, more elaborate. In the standard Akkadian version of the, Ishtar is portrayed as a spoiled and hot-headed who demands become her consort. When he refuses, she unleashes the, resulting in the death of. This stands in sharp contrast with Inanna's in the earlier Sumerian epic of.

Ishtar also appears in the Hittite creation myth and in the Neo-Assyrian. Although various publications have claimed that Ishtar's name is the root behind the modern English word, this has been rejected by reputable scholars, and such etymologies are not listed in standard reference works. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Etymology [ ] Ishtar is a Semitic name of uncertain etymology, possibly derived from a Semitic term meaning 'to irrigate'.

Barton, an early scholar on the subject, suggests that the name stems from 'irrigating ditch' and 'that which is irrigated by water alone', therefore meaning 'she who waters', or 'is watered' or 'the self-waterer'. Regardless of which interpretation is correct, the name seems to derive from irrigation and agricultural fertility. Origins [ ] The name Ishtar occurs as an element in personal names from both the pre- and post-Sargonic eras in Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia. A few scholars believe that Ishtar may have originated as a female form of the god, who is mentioned in inscriptions from and southern Arabia.