ONE OLD BABYLONIAN CUSTOM REQUIRED THAT EACH WOMAN, AT LEAST ONCE DURING HER LIFETIME, WAS TO SIT AT THE SHRINE OF ISHTAR AND OFFER HER BODY TO A STRANGER. ACCORDINGLY, THE MAN WOULD ENTER THE TEMPLE, MAKE HIS CHOICE, AND THEN TOSS MONEY INTO THE LAP OF THE WOMEN HE SELECTED. IN ANCIENT TIMES, MONEY WAS SACRED, SO THE WOMAN WAS UNABLE TO REFUSE. AFTERWARD, HAVING COMPLETED HER DUTY TO THE GODDESS, THE WOMAN WAS THEN FREE TO RETURN TO HER HOME.
SHE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE DAUGHTER OF ANU, THE GOD OF THE AIR, AND IN MOST OF THE MYTHS, SHE IS DEPICTED AS A CRUEL AND HEARTLESS GODDESS WHO DESTROYED HER MATES AND LOVERS. HER GREATEST LOVER WAS THE GOD OF THE HARVEST, TAMMUZ, AND AFTER HE DIED SHE WENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD TO RETRIEVE HIM BUT HER EFFORTS WERE VAIN AND SHE RETURNED TO THE LIVING WORLD ALONE.
HER SACRED ANIMAL WAS THE LION, AND HER SYMBOL WAS THE EIGHT POINTED STAR. HER POWER IS GREATEST DURING THE FULL MOON WHEN SHE ENVELOPS LOVERS IN FERTILE ENERGY. HER ROLE AS PROTECTOR AND WAR GODDESS IS DUE TO HER VOLATILE TEMPER AND HER DESIRE TO RIGHT WRONGS AGAINST WOMEN IN HER CITY.
" IN PRAISE OF ISHTAR"
"PRAISE ISHTAR, THE MOST"AWESOME OF THE GODDESSES,"REVERE THE QUEEN OF WOMEN,"THE GREATEST OF THE DEITIES. "SHE IS CLOTHED WITH PLEASURE AND LOVE."SHE IS LADEN WITH VITALITY,"CHARM, AND VOLUPTUOUSNESS."IN LIPS SHE IS SWEET;"LIFE IS IN HER MOUTH."AT HER APPEARANCE REJOICING"BECOMES FULL"
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