She blesses and she breaks.
She crowns and she conquers.
Ishtar—goddess of love and war—stood at the heart of Mesopotamian life.
Lovers sought her favor; kings swore oaths before war.
The eight-pointed star and lion marked her presence.
Cuneiform hymns praise her tenderness and her fury.
From Uruk’s sanctuaries to Babylon’s processions, her cult bound city and throne.
In myth—descent and the Bull of Heaven—she proves that desire and dominion are one.