Ishtar

Ishtar

by Pryke, Louise M.

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Ishtar is the first book dedicated to providing an accessible analysis of the mythology and image of this complex goddess. The polarity of her nature is reflected in her role as goddess of sexual love and war, and has made her difficult to characterise in modern scholarship. By exploring this complexity, Ishtar offers insight into Mesopotamian culture and thought, and elucidates a goddess who transcended the limits of gender, divinity and nature. It gives an accessible introduction to the Near …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Ishtar / Louise M. Pryke.

Summary

Ishtar is the first book dedicated to providing an accessible analysis of the mythology and image of this complex goddess. The polarity of her nature is reflected in her role as goddess of sexual love and war, and has made her difficult to characterise in modern scholarship. By exploring this complexity, Ishtar offers insight into Mesopotamian culture and thought, and elucidates a goddess who transcended the limits of gender, divinity and nature. It gives an accessible introduction to the Near Eastern pantheon, while also opening a pathway for comparison with the later Near Eastern and Mediterranean deities who followed her.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781317506645, 1317506642, 9781317506638, 1317506634, 9781317506652, 1317506650
  • oclc:on1006335692
  • LC Classification:BL1605.I8
  • Dewey Decimal:299/.21

Table of Contents

Love and intimacy -- Sexuality and order -- Ishtar and the Pantheon -- Kingship and battle -- Ishtar and Gilgamesh -- Vengeance and death -- Ishtar afterwards.

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Subjects

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality Ischtar Ishtar, (Assyro-Babylonian deity) RELIGION -- Comparative Religion

Writers

Pryke, Louise M.

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