Thursday, December 18, 2008

Myths, folklore & symbolism

"The star of Ishtar, i.e. the planet Venus. Ishtar, in other countries and times called Astarte, was the goddess of war, sex and fertility. An eightpointed star sign often represented this goddess in the Near East for a great many centuries before the birth of Christ..."

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