ISHTAR
offers Good Omens and Prosperity

In Babylonian culture, Ishtar was known as "she who endowed the king with prestige." Thought to engage in periodic ritual sacrifice of their kings, Ishtar's priestesses were credited with bringing forth a bountiful harvest with his blood. Today, this Lady can bless your life with prosperity.

ISHTAR - INANNA

Clay figurines of Ishtar-Inanna-Ashtart were very comon in the Mesopotamian area in her characteristic breast-offering pose, and archaeologists dubbed this particular offering pose as "The Ishtar Pose". She was addressed as "Mother of the Fruitful Breast", Queen of Heaven, Light of the World, Creator of People, Mother of Deities, and River of Life. The breast-offering pose suggested her function as the Goddess of all nourishment and fertility. Ishtar, also known as Innana in Sumeria is, above all, a lunar Goddess who gives life as the waxing moon and then withdraws it as the waning moon.

Her power contains both the light and dark dimensions, and her dying and resurrected son-lover Tammuz, who annually descends to the underworld and rises again suggests a lunar mythology revolving around light and dark lunar phases and rhythmic alteration of the Earth's fertility.

Give a Cheer for the Goddess of Beer! The Babylonian goddess of barley-beer with brewing pot was known as Ishtar-Siduri, and her secret craft provided beverages for special rituals. The ancient recipe has been lost, but scholars suggest that certain mushroom and poppy extracts may have given it a special kick.