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Updated: May 16, 2025
The gods of the Assyrian pantheon impress one as diminutive Ashurs by the side of the big one, and in proportion as they approach nearer to the character of Ashur himself, is their hold upon the royal favor strengthened. Ishtar. Second in rank to Ashur during the most glorious part of Assyrian history stands the great goddess Ishtar.
One receives the impression that in Assyria only a few of the gods invoked by the kings at the side of Ashur exert any real influence on the lives of the people; and such as do, gain favor through possessing in some measure the chief attribute that distinguished Ashur, prowess in war. They are little Ashurs, as it were, by the side of the great one.
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