Description: Descent of Ishtar : Both the Sumerian and Akkadian Versions, Paperback by Stephany, Timothy J., ISBN 1517611369, ISBN-13 9781517611361, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Mistress of Heaven, the goddess Ishtar, stands in a unique position of supremacy among the goddess figures of the world; and her descent into the underworld is her essential distinctive myth. The primacy of the goddess and her lover, Dumuzi, to the seasonal cycle, and the ritual marriage which was a ceremony of the union essential to civilized life, was not retained within the textual Judeo-Christian tradition. As a result this mythological cycle of the goddess restores the expressive sexual metaphor of agricultural fertility, which merges the domestic concerns of womanhood with the essential productive forces of nature. Included along with this essential seasonal myth are two entirely dissimilar tales concerned with military valor, heroic conquest, and the assumption of absolute power; the partially incomplete Mesopotamian tales of 'The Epic of Anzu’ and 'Erra and Ishum’.
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Book Title: Descent of Ishtar : both the Sumerian and Akkadian Versions
Number of Pages: 122 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Folklore & Mythology
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Author: Timothy Stephany
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
