Ishara - Goddess of Love - Sumerian Goddess

Ishara - Goddess of Love

Ishara ("treaty, binding promise") is the Goddess of Love and Oaths. She was said to inflict severe bodily penalties to oathbreakers. She is associated with the underworld and the constellation Scorpio. She is called the mother of the Sebitti (the Seven Stars), a group of seven minor war gods.

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Love, Oaths, Underworld

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Sumerian - Gods and Goddesses

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