The whore of Babylon
The first prostitute that encounter in world literature bears name The Whore.She appears in the four-thousands-year-old epic Gilgamesh. Like all superheroes, Gilgamesh is solitary,handsome and brave, and in addition, a prince. His sexual appetite is enormous; he leaves no young maiden in peace, and hardly and young lad, either.
The people of his land must possess deep insight. They understand that Gilgamesh is so sex-mad simply because he is bored, and they pray to the gods to let him meet his equal. Thus, Enkidu comes to life, a man as big and strong as Gilgamesh, slightly shorter, although he looks more muscular and has a far hairier body. The nameless harlot enters the story next. She is called Harimtu, in ancient Babylonian, a term the lawgiver Hummurabi uses to refer to a low-class prostitute in one of Ishtar`s temples.
Ishtar in an exciting and dangerous deity, simultaneously goddess of love and war. She is daughter of the moon god, related to the superior gods and considered Queen of Heaven. Her main symbol is the planet Venus. She was venerated as both the morning and the evening star; she was born a new as a maiden every morning but became a whore every evening. As goddess of war, she is depicated with sword, bow and quiver. She rides a lion, and in often depicated with several arms.
to be continue…from Love for Sale