The mere sound of the word is sufficient to transport us to the great temple of ishtar, and to dazzle our imagination with processions of flower-crowned priestesses.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
Most of the people at the upper end of the table were diplomats-ambassadors from Odin and Baldur and Isis and ishtar and Aton and the other civilized worlds.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
Sin, Samash and Ramman, who presided respectively over the sun, moon and air, were all three of equal rank; next came the lords of the planets, Ninib, Merodach, Nergal, ishtar, the warrior-goddess, and Nebo; then a whole army of lesser deities who ranged themselves around Anu as around a supreme master.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
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