2024年11月16日 · Ninhursag, the earth mother goddess, is frequently cited as a strong contender for Ishtar’s maternal role, given her association with fertility and creation. Alternatively, Antu, the wife of the sky god Anu, is sometimes considered Ishtar’s mother, particularly in …

Ishtar, in Mesopotamian religion, goddess of war and sexual love. Ishtar’s primary legacy from the Sumerian tradition is the role of fertility figure; she evolved, however, into a more complex character, surrounded in myth by death and disaster, a …

Inanna[a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar[b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯). Her primary title is "the Queen of Heaven".

2019年5月10日 · Dumuzi's mother is the goddess Duttur, and his sister is Geshtinanna. The ancient sources for Ishtar, while extensive, are fragmentary, incomplete, and difficult to contextualise. The problematic nature of the evidence for Ishtar is surprising when considered in light of the goddess' elevated status, and her enduring influence in the ancient world.

In the ancient Near East, Ishtar was an important and widely worshiped mother goddess for many Semitic* peoples. The Sumerians* called her Inanna, and other groups of the Near East referred to her as Astarte. A complex deity, Ishtar combined the characteristics—both good and evil—of many different goddesses.

Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, war, combat, justice, and political power. She was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians under the name Ishtar. Known as the "Queen of Heaven", she was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple at the city of Uruk, which was her main cult center.

There is another phase, however, to the character of the mother goddess which explains the references to the desertion and slaying of Tammuz by Ishtar. "She is", says Jastrow, "the goddess of the human instinct, or passion which accompanies human love.

2018年5月18日 · In the ancient Near East, Ishtar was an important and widely worshipped mother goddess for many Semitic peoples. The Sumerians called her Inanna (pronounced ee-NAH-nah), and other groups of the Near East referred to her as Astarte (pronounced a-STAR-tee).

A multifaceted goddess, Ishtar takes three paramount forms. She is the goddess of love and sexuality, and thus, fertility; she is responsible for all life, but she is never a Mother goddess. As the goddess of war, she is often shown winged and bearing arms. Her third aspect is celestial; she is the planet Venus, the morning and evening star.

2022年1月1日 · One of the most complex and important Mesopotamian goddesses was Ishtar, the goddess of love, sex, and war. In the earliest days of Mesopotamia, the goddess of love was not known as “Ishtar”. Rather, she was worshipped by the Sumerians as “Inanna”, and would later be called Ishtar by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.