Much like the Vestal Virgins, these goddesses were at once utterly important and easily dismissed. Like Ishtar, the god of both sex and war, they represent “seemingly contradictory qualities ...

Aron Pinker, Descent of the Goddess Ishtar to the Netherworld and Nahum II 8, Vetus Testamentum, Vol. 55, Fasc. 1 (Jan., 2005), pp. 89-100 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and ...

Venus, the Roman goddess, is the goddess of love and fertility. When one traces back the origins of the image of Venus, one reaches the Greek goddess Aphrodite, ... and Mesopotamia's Ishtar.