Ishtar is a recurring demon in the series. Ishtar is the Akkadian (and thus later Babylonian and Assyrian) equivalent of the Sumerian goddess Inanna and shares her roles as a goddess of love, war and fertility. Like Inanna, she wasn't considered a mother goddess, and few, if any, texts name any gods as her children. She is known as the "Queen of Heaven" and is the personification of the morning star (Venus). Her father is usually said to be Sin, the moon god, and she forms an astral trinity...
