Ishtar

Samuel was Israel’s spiritual advisor a prophet sent by God. There was no king over Israel at the time of Samuel (the priest). The Israelites wanted to be like the other nations with a ruler to govern, guide them, to protect and fight their battles. Samuel sons was not worthy to rule the Israelites, they were drunkards, dishonest, and a no nonsense type of judgement. (“1 Samuel 8:5 5 and said unto him, behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like…

Ancient Death and The Afterlife Death is a natural process that occurs to everybody, in one way or another. The afterlife is best defined as the place your soul goes after death. While seeming most plain and obvious, the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Hindus all believed different, yet similar things happened when a person passed away. Beginning with the Mesopotamians, they saw death as a sinful process. Although, the afterlife was glorious and your spirit would live on. Death for the Egyptians…

out of the picture, they would receive the gifts and special attention from their father like Joseph. It was because of their jealousy that they turned away from what they knew was right to get what they wanted. In the epic of Gilgamesh, the gods Ishtar and her father Au sent down the Bull of Heaven to teach Gilgamesh…

three nights exactly (New International Version, Matthew 12:40). This means that Christ was not resurrected until Saturday evening, not on Sunday or otherwise known as Easter Sunday. The Council of Nicaea created this on top of another Pagan goddess, Ishtar. She is the goddess of rebirth and fertility, worshipped during spring time. Easter is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible surrounding Christ’s death or resurrection. Only another holiday added for the convenience of the…

the responsibility for the tragedies and hopes for a fast death. In the account of the great flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the gods flooded the earth because they were prideful and thought themselves above the human race. Offended by “evil things [Ishtar said] in the Assembly of the Gods,” they ordered “a catastrophe to destroy” humans.” However, after the flood and the destruction of humans, the gods regret their decision because they did not want mankind to be…

animals he lived with turn and shun him in order to show him that what he did was not pleasing to the gods. Later on in the story Enkidu and Gilgamesh return to their city after killing, Humbaba, the guardian of the Cedar Forest. When they return, Ishtar pleads for Gilgamesh to be her husband but Gilgamesh refuses. Enkidu then has a dream that states, “[b]ecause they they slew the Bull of Heaven, and slew Humbaba that [guarded] the mountains dense – [wooded] with cedar, … between these two [let…

The most well known Mesopotamian hero of all ancient gods. Gilgamesh was a semi-mythic king of Uruk and was considered a Demi-god. He lived a very long exceptional life. Supposedly ruling for a hundred and twenty six days. A number of tales have been written about Gilgamesh in Akkadian language. Stemming from the epic of Gilgamesh, the Gilgamesh tablets and a bunch of other myths concerning the great king. All these tales were based on him wanting to live forever he was scared of death and set…

Throughout our lives we are taught different stories that can affect us dramatically, either in a positive way or negative way. During our childhood we read the Tortoise and the Hare, which is a story that taught us the moral, “slow and steady wins the race”. We also read things such as: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, which taught us essentially not to lie, because if you lie enough, you won’t be believed when you tell the truth. These stories taught us valuable lessons growing up, but not only do…

Identity has and will always be an integral part of personal acceptance and societal expectations. The values that one holds dear are of the utmost importance in determining one’s identity as both an individual and member of society. Through believing in the same values, a strong, unified society can be created, however, believing in different values within one society can cause weakness and internal conflicts. Both of the civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Mesopotamia are considered to…

In The Odyssey, Odysseus has been separated from his family due to the Trojan War, and wishes to return. His son, now a grown man, is ruling his land and trying to stop suitors from marrying his mother and gaining power of the kingdom. “First by far to see her was Prince Telemachus, sitting among the suitors, heart obsessed with grief..” (Homer., Fagles, and Knox 81). Throughout the story, Odysseus encounters many situations. The last, and most famous, situation he was in was when he went in…