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Analysis Of Ishtar's 'The Epic Of Gilgamesh'

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After they defeat of Humbaba in the Cedar Forest, Ishtar, the goddess of beauty proposes to Gilgamesh in his moment of victory. She promises him immortality if he takes her as his wife.
However, Gilgamesh recognizes the false promises of immortality and rejects the goddess.
Ishtar’s seductions do not tempt Gilgamesh because of his knowledge of her past marriages and his desire for something permanent: “Let me tell [you the tale] of your lovers... year upon year, to lamenting you doomed him” (The Epic of Gilgamesh, 44-47). Ishtar’s beauty and charm manipulates men into giving their seed for her own interest and reproduction. Gilgamesh rather discover what he can do for himself without the help of the gods, he wants a “glory he can claim
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