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Pagan Portals - Ishtar and Ereshkigal: The Daughters of Sin Paperback – April 1, 2020

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4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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Ishtar and Ereshkigal are the daughters of the Moon God Sin and sisters of the Sun God Shamash and members of a family of deities called the Anunnaki who arrived from the heavens to the earth many thousands of years ago. Ishtar, as Inanna, was the original goddess of love and the forerunner to all of the fertility goddesses that followed. Ereshkigal was the original ruler of the underworld and the goddess of death. As the queens of heaven and the underworld, Ishtar and Ereshkigal represent the opposing forces that allow life, death and rebirth to occur in the world.
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    April 1, 2020
  6. Dimensions
    5.41 x 0.28 x 8.55 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1789043212
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1789043211
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Scott Irvine has followed the path of the goddess since exploring the many goddess temples on the small islands of Malta and Gozo off the Sicilian coast in the spring of 2010. He has contributed to a number of anthologies, including Paganism 101, Naming the Goddess and Seven Ages of the Goddess, as well as publishing articles on the Moon Books blog. Scott lives in Portland, Dorset, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moon Books (April 1, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1789043212
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1789043211
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.41 x 0.28 x 8.55 inches
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Lisa
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good resource for ancient goddesses
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021
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This was, by far, the worst of the Pagan Portals books I have read. I ordered this to read on my Kindle.

The book started out good. The author appeared to have a good grasp of ancient history. At first I thought the significance of the number 7 and the 7 original celestial bodies/planets that the ancients worked with was fascinating. Soon after was where my disappointment started.

The author veers off into a direction toward the 7 seals of the Book of Revelations in the New Testament of the Bible. Not once was this ever given context. It was just a whole chapter retelling it. The author sort of redeems the book with a chapter on how many other ancient cultures knew these same 2 goddesses with different names but same aspects. The author disappoints me again with a long speil about how the 2 goddesses relates to the author's family life and pagan life. There was a section where the author shoe-horned Ishtar and Ereshkigal into the Celtic pagan wheel of the year. I never learned anything worthwhile from that section. I ended up skimming the rest of the book. I was angry to find that the bibliography included Zechariah Sitchin and some Wicca sources. No wonder why I didn't connect to the book at all. There were mutliple instances of the author waxing poetic about feminism and Wicca-style goddess worship; none of which had anything to do with Ishtar or Ereshkigal. I respect Zechariah Sitchin, and what he was trying to accomplish, but his writings are fairly controversial, and is in the realm of alternative history/alternative science. Sitchen's books are part of what started the "ancient aliens" theory. I feel angry that the author of this Pagan Portals book derived all of their information on ancient societies and myths from one Sitchin book!
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Taylor Ellwood
3.0 out of 5 stars a cross cultural jaunt instead of focusing on the topic material
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022
This book ended up being more of a cross culture mythological jaunt than an exploration of Ishtar and Ereshkigal. The author spent a lot of time on other mythologies, trying to connect those mythologies to the myths of Ishtar and Ereshkigal, but it would have been nice if the focus had stayed on the actual topic. He explored the topic some, but a lot of the time the book just didn’t come together the way it could have, if there had been more focus on the actual mythology the book is supposed to be about.
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Britney Wolfe
1.0 out of 5 stars Badly Researched and Confusing
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2020
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There are so few books on the topic of Mesopotamian gods from a modern pagan perspective, so I was excited to see a new one pop up! Unfortunately, the research is lacking, the pacing is confusing, and the author mixes in their speculation along with "facts" and presents it as the history. I don't expect every book on paganism to be historical, but it also seemed like the authors understanding of these deities were reductive and basic, so even if you wanted to ignore the inaccuracies, there didn't seem like there was much else going for it. To be fair, I didn't make it past the first 20 pages. So maybe there would be something of use in there for someone else. Just dont expect to have an accurate view of the history or myths of this pantheon.
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Jpullen
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Read - Just Curious
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2022
I decided to write this only after I'd noticed that someone had reviewed it once they'd purchased it -

I'd found it interesting that all the foreigners found it satisfying (in whatever sense) - and all the Americans were displeased -

Either way - one: this is my mother's account - and two: I haven't tempered my approach to identifying and interpreting ancient gods and goddesses - so that I may not be in the right place, anyway

I think I made it obvious I have not purchased the book - but as far as the star that is required to post a review - as in the case that it seems admissible in the sense that not everyone does that - I figured I would add my two cents -

I'm not sure how popular it is to the obscure the matter of the fact that the deities existed or the reality that it effects us today - I am familiar with the Sitchin material and the abstraction that is association with ancient personalities - let me backtrack - the legitimacy of a post that I haven't read the book for is in my relationship to the broader subject and its representation in this book - if that makes sense -

My experience with pursuing the truth of the matter has been very troubling - even if you get to it few people are willing to entertain it - which isn't even considering that it's a real thing
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Megan
1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Researched and Written
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022
This book is poorly written. Certain sentences don't make sense, names of deities are spelled wrong, and, to be honest, I think I learned more about Ishtar and Ereshkigal from Wikipedia than I did from this book. The author meanders back and forth, never really delving deeply into the goddesses themselves, but focusing on the goddesses of other, more recent civilizations. And with a name like "Pagan Portals," I really wasn't expecting to come across a whole chapter on Christianity....

Very disappointing!
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Manon V.
3.0 out of 5 stars Moyen
Reviewed in France on February 18, 2024
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Parle peu des déesses concernées
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Sherrie Worden
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Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2020
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Smaller than expected, came a bit later but considering where it was shipped from. I can’t complain. Looks well written. In amazing condition.
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Smaller than expected, came a bit later but considering where it was shipped from. I can’t complain. Looks well written. In amazing condition.
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lynx
5.0 out of 5 stars Ishtar and Ereshkigal: The Daughters of Sin
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2020
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If your wanting to know more about ancient gods and goddess then this is the book for you, so much information packed into this book, it’s very well written, I liked the way the author brought himself in to the book, A must for all
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swerves007
5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2020
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Enjoyable. Had no idea so many of the Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Norse god and goddess stories I knew about are interpreted from older stories going back thousands of years. I particularly enjoyed the ritual to the sisters, nice touch. Well done Scott.
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Frankie
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2023
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I really wanted to love this book, there’s so few resources in this area so I was excited to try it. Unfortunately it’s badly researched, and terribly written. The author goes off on random tangents into unrelated areas and tries to shoehorn these ancient eastern goddesses into modern Wicca and the Celtic pantheon. The only real information on Ishtar and Ereshkigal in the book is the story of Ishtars descent, which is a fairly well known story and only takes about half of a chapter to tell. Added to the bad grammar, changing tenses and extremely inaccurate history I’m honestly surprised this got published.
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