- It believes in multiple gods and goddess
instead of just one.
- The people of Mesopotamia worshiped
these other worldly beings and tries their best to keep the beings happy,
> They
believed is something bad happened, it was because the correlating god was
angry at them, hence they were punished for it.
- Large temples were built so that the
people of Mesopotamia could go there and worship their god and goddess. Because
there is a high infant mortality rate, as was miscarriage, Ishtar, Goddess of
Fertility, Love, War and Sex is one that has been worshipped with much devotion
especially by young couples who wants to start a family.
- However, love and desire became
strangers to man and animal alike. Birds no longer sang. Bulls no longer
searched out the cows. Stallions were no longer attracted to mares. Rams no
longer cared for ewes. Wives no longer caressed their husbands when they
returned from business or war. Husbands no longer longed to lie with their
wives. The women in Ishtar’s temple became lonely, nobody wanted to spend time
drinking and singing and making merry with them. This was all because Ishtar
has gone to the underworld in search of her deceased lover.
This was Ishtar has been portrayed at the temple.
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| Ishtar Sculpture |
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| Mesopotamia Dressings |
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| Mesopotamia Dressings |
However, I was thinking the goddess to look more of like this instead of the sculpture.
This is the extract for the story that has the description of how Ishtar has clothed herself.
In this myth, there are two other interesting characters that I could consider to do instead.
1) Irkalla, the Queen of the Underworld
2) Namtar, the Demon of the Plague.
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