KATABASIS
ISHTAR
QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Beauty among the Gods!
Sharp of Mind
And brave of Heart
Deadly with a Kiss
And deadlier with a Sword!
Ishtar
Who's Wings Eclipse the Sun
And can make Day like Night
Your Radiance
Can make Bright the Dark Sky
And make Night like Day
Ishtar
Bright Light of Nights
From the Stars
Did you descend
From the Heavens
To the Abyss
Did you descend
From Above you set your Mind
To Below you set your Mind
From the Gates of the Living
To enter the Gates of Death
From the Lands you Knew
Into the Lands you Knew not
Ishtar
Remember
When you descended into Hell
When you opened wide
The Gates of Hell
The Seven Gates
and Seven Watchers
Could not stand
Against your Will!
Irkalla trembled before you
You brought Terror
To the Demons of Kutha
The Black City of Death
Capitol of Irkalla
When you approached
Your sister Lilith
Ereshkigal
Who was pale with fear
At the threat of your presence
At the sight
Of your Awesomeness!
Your garments forsaken
Wearing nothing but Courage
Glowing with Power
Eyes shining like the Sun
Standing before the Throne
Standing before Lilith
Ereshkigal
Empress of Kurnugi
Ruler of Irkalla
Queen of Demons
Mother of Death
Conqueror
Of the Netherworld
Demonic Goddess of Hell
Ereshkigal
Would not underestimate you
It was only Namtar
Death Incarnate
Who found the Power
It was Namtar
A son of Lilith
Who used all his Power
And the all the Power in Hell
To close shut your eyes
And destroy a Goddess!
Death Himself
Did take your Life
The Life of a Queen!
The Life of a God!
A Goddess of Heaven!
It was the God of Death
Who made you a corpse
At the command of Lilith
Ereshkigal
For the Demons of Irkalla
A great Victory
It seemed to be
The Demons of Kurnugi
Screamed out in joy
To celebrate the Death
Of the Great Goddess Ishtar
But none
Not even Lilith
The Greatest Demon
Or Her Vizier
The God of Death
Could prevent
The Queen of Heaven
From rising up
Reborn!
Back from the dead!
A Goddess who was Dead
And rose again!
You conquered yourself,
And the Power of Hell
KATABASIS
Was complete
ANABASIS
Had then begun
With your six feathered Wings
Blinding even Demons
Demonic horns
Symbols of your Wrath
The Power of the Heavens
And the World down below
The Land of No Return
The Underworld
Did you combine
The Sun eclipsed the moon
The Sun and the Moon
Became one!
Light, were you not!
Dark, were you not!
But both
Did you wield in your hands!
The Moon in one hand!
The Sun in the other!
Like YHWH
Like Lucifer
Like an Angel of Hell
Or a Demon of Heaven
Did you rise again
Awakened
Dead but Living
The greatest of Hell
Could not contain you
The Champion of Irkalla
Did you become
Kur fell to his knees
The Great Dragon of Irkalla
Hell Incarnate
Respected your Victory
And Absu
Even in Death
Knew your Power to be True
And worthy
Absu felt your Power
Even in Death
The great Lady Ishtar
Of Above and now Below
Who rose again
The Demons watched in horror
And beheld your terrible Power
Your radiant Energy
The greatest Dragons of Hell
Could not remain still
The Empress of Hell
Ereshkigal
Lady of the Dead
Queen of Demons
Queen of Death
Knew your Power to be True
And beheld your Glory!
Your Draconic Wings
Did you spread
And escaped
The Palace of the Dead
The mightiest Ziggurat
Of Irkalla
A Castle of Lapis Lazuli
An Everlasting Palace
Egalgina
The Dwelling of Ereshkigal
Within Kurnugi
The Land of No Return
And so you ascended
Through each of the Gates
Ishtar
The Demons could not contain
Ishtar
Whom the Demons of Hell
Could not stand against
Ishtar
Defied the laws of Irkalla
Defied your Fate
Defied even Death!
You rose through the Gates
And escaped
From the Land of No Return
The World of the Dead
The Underworld
Hell
The Black City of Irkalla
Did you defy
And when you returned
To the Land of the Living
Like the Sun
Risen again
The Gods rejoiced
The Demons rejoiced
Ereshkigal rejoiced
Absu rejoiced, even in Death
Because the Queen of Heaven
Became the Champion of Hell!
Ishtar
The Queen of Heaven
The Champion of Kurnugi
Demonic Sky Goddess
Angelic Demon Goddess
ALL HAIL ISHTAR
THE CHAMPION OF IRKALLA
ANABASIS
