The Changes of Women’s Social Status Through Mesopotamia Myth

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10.2991/assehr.k.200723.123How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mesopotamia myth, Women’s social status, Ishtar

Abstract

Ishtar is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, war, and sex. As a female deity, she is neither an obedient wife nor a devoted mother, but an aggressive dominator and controller. Her persona, functions, and traits suggest that she would not be well-suited to affection or the stable bonds of marriage. She always destroys her lovers, which also brings difficulties to her own life. In mythology, Ishtar arbitrarily put her husband Dumuzi into hell and finally failed to revenge against Gilgamesh. The weakening of Ishtar’s power reflects the decline of women’s social status at that time.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenzhao Qi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/24
TI  - The Changes of Women’s Social Status Through Mesopotamia Myth
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Advanced Education, Management and Social Science (AEMSS2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 167
EP  - 169
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200723.123
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