Usually considered a daughter of Anzu, her Akkadian name means "lady of heaven" and is related to the Syrian Astarte and biblical Asharoth.
Usually considered a daughter of Anzu, her Akkadian name means "lady of heaven" and is related to the Syrian Astarte and biblical Asharoth. She is the subject of a cycle of texts describing her tragic love affair with the one who becomes god of the vegetation cycle, as she gets him to replace her in the underworld after she tries to usurp rule of the underworld from her sister Ereshkigal. FTP, identify this Mesopotamian love of Tammuz, the goddess of love, sex and war.
Usually considered a daughter of Anzu, her Akkadian name means "lady of heaven" and is related to the Syrian Astarte and biblical Asharoth.
{Ishtar} (or {Innana} or {Mylitta})