Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Myth of the Seasons
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Book Overview
Strikingly beautiful, intricately detailed illustrations introduce the goddess Ishtar, with her blue-lined robe that gives the Earth its sky and her silver chariot that brings the night stars, and her... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0753450127
ISBN13:9780753450123
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Length:1 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 8.7" x 11.4"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
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Stories older than Biblical tales
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This ancient story, predating Biblical tales, is beautifully illustrated and poignantly told. Ishtar's all too human jealousy leads her to have Tammuz killed, and when people suffer for Ishtar's rash decision, she realizes her mistake and travels to the underworld to see her sister Allatu and try to regain her son. The importance of Ishtar's journey, where she is gradually stripped of all of her royal symbols until she has nothing left of her power and comes before the queen of the underworld humbled has great relevence in today's world as well. This is a wonderful book to help a child see that there are stories older than the ones told in the Bible and to see the links between various cultures and mythologies, as this Babylonian myth explains the change of seasons in a manner similar to the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades.
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