Ishtar

Temples were built, dedicated to Ishtar, the goddess of love, beauty, sex, and desire. Men could ask women to have sex with them, and in exchange them men would make a donation to the temple. The temples were separated into three sections, differentiating each level of women The temple…

The Journeys of Gilgamesh and Odysseus The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are long narrative poems that portray hardship, love, and war. Along their journeys, they experience new things and learn lessons that improve them as a human being. The stories include long journeys, interactions with the gods, love for their family, and heroes that are victorious in battle. However, the two epic’s cultural backgrounds, motives, and characters are different. Both stories provide knowledge about the…

his powers. Enki grants her all eighty of his powers. She travels back home and is now blessed as a god. Now she is not only goddess of fertility but everything. This myth goes to show how there was powerful women during these times. Another was Ishtar goddess of love and war, she stood tall with weapons on top of her wings she also was a symbol of…

It was the ideal hero’s welcome. He was showered in gifts and felt as if he was on top of the world again. The women threw themselves at him, and Ishtar, the goddess of love and war was one of them. She was rejected by the mighty hero and in turn made her father send down the bull of heaven to kill Gilgamesh. Her plot failed miserably and the gods decided to get rid of Enkidu. This is where Gilgamesh…

life for him kingdom and go before Enkidu since he is afraid. This is one of the first signs that show us his heroic qualities and characteristics. After this little journey the two of them manage to kill the Bull of Heaven, sent against them by Ishtar. The gods punished Enkidu for killing the bull by giving his a slow, painful…

These Greek stories were about imaginary Gods and heroes, their myths often serving as cautionary tales for moral behavior. The Kardashian's reflect these values and stories in their real-life affairs. Kim Kardashian most closely identifies with Ishtar, Goddess of naked jewelry. When she was absent, there was no sex (in the media). Kim serves as ring leader of the clan, having elevated the family to success with her shameless behavior and legendary sex tape. As "principle goddess" among the…

Egyptian queenship and Queen Nefertari In ancient Egypt, queenship was synonymous to “royal women”. Egyptian kings required female counterparts to legitimize their divine and supreme power. One of the reasons for this was because having a female counterpart followed the same pattern of the Egyptian gods. Queens represented fecundity, an important factor in continuing the kingship. Egyptian queenship was closely linked to the mother goddesses Hathor and Isis. As such, Egyptian queens were…

By applying the geographical concepts of ancient art, geography is defined as the study of physical features of earth’s atmosphere, which includes natural resources, countries, continents, land use, oceans, rivers, and other, whether it is physical, human, or environmental. According to the history of art, the major parts of geography mainly consists in civilizations, such as ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. The art history of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt has been one of the huge concepts…

Social values or what is considered socially acceptable changes over time, The Epic of Gilgamesh and the stories found in Hamilton’s Mythology reflect the social values present in the time in which these stories were written. Although of different origins, you will find that both in The Epic of Gilgamesh, which introduces us to the Mesopotamian culture, and the stories in Hamilton's Mythology that originate from ancient Greece have similar social values. Principals found in both texts include:…

of Agade or Akkad, acknowledges the power that the gods were capable of transferring to faithful subjects who were deemed deserving of such monumental authority. The account of Sargon’s reign is essentially a rags-to-riches narrative. The goddess Ishtar blesses Sargon and, consequently, he…