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She blesses and she breaks.

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She crowns and she conquers.

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Ishtar—goddess of love and war—stood at the heart of Mesopotamian life.

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Lovers sought her favor; kings swore oaths before war.

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The eight-pointed star and lion marked her presence.

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Cuneiform hymns praise her tenderness and her fury.

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From Uruk’s sanctuaries to Babylon’s processions, her cult bound city and throne.

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In myth—descent and the Bull of Heaven—she proves that desire and dominion are one.