Ishtar, great Babylonian goddess, her love for Tammuz, v. 8 sq.;
her descent into the world of the dead, v. 8 sq., ix. 406;
her title Dodah, v. 20 n. 2;
associated with Sirius, ix. 359 n. 1;
Esther equivalent to, ix. 365;
served by harlots, ix. 372;
at Erech, ix. 398;
her visit to Anu, ix. 399 n. 1;
goddess of fertility in animals, ix. 406 n. 1