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IMPORTANT: ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD

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Category: Regional History or Period History
Forum Name: Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East and Greater Iran
Forum Discription: Babylon, Egypt, Persia and other civilizations of the Near East from ancient times to 600s AD
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Topic: IMPORTANT: ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD
Posted By: VipericVampire
Subject: IMPORTANT: ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD
Date Posted: 27-May-2009 at 04:21
Hello everyone,

I would like to know the significance behind the Sumerian/Babylonian myth of Ishtar's descent into the underworld. What is the moral of the story? The meaning? The significance?

Thanks in advance for replying and please do so.



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