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Ishtar and the Gods
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Descent of the Goddess Ishtar — M. JastrowThe Babylonian myth of Ishtar's descent to the underworld, from M. Jastrow's 1915 translation of the cuneiform tablets.The Descent of IshtarThe Akkadian myth of Ishtar's descent through seven gates to the Underworld — stripped, imprisoned, and restored by the waters of life.The Syncretistic Hymn to NanayaA bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian hymn from the library of Ashurbanipal in which the goddess Nanaya declares herself identical to every major goddess across the cities of Mesopotamia.