Istar

Istar, also called The Mother is a goddess of nature and the sea, and is associated with nature, love, sex, beauty and fertility.

Istar is the second eldest of all of the gods, mating with Oa, the Skyfather, to produce younger gods, and is sometimes viewed as the symbol of the chaos of primordial creation. She is one of the most respected of all gods on Vedar and a member of the Great Pantheon.

Etymology
Istar comes from the Elder name Ishtar. In older tablets there are some traces and references made to the ' Great Goddess Inanna ' or ' Kishar'. These may be alternative or even preceding names to Ishtar.

In Akhmun, the equivalent Mother Goddess is known as Hathor, though there are also references made to an older name of Isis, which may share roots with Istar.

The Old Empire of Kanzah, the Goddess is most commonly simply known as 'The Mother', though the name Anahita is also less commonly used.

Realm
Istar resides in and rules the realm of Abzu, known as The Deep. The Abzu or Apsu (Elven: abzu; Dwarven: apsû - lit., ab='water' zu='deep') was the name for fresh water from underground aquifers which was given a religious fertilising quality in ancient Elder mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the abzu. In this respect, the term referred to the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld and the earth above.

In Elder teachings, The Deep separates the Material Realm from the horrors of the Abyss. Istar resides here in order to protect those she views as her children - i.e. the mortal races. The only known access for the demons of the Abyss to the material realm is either through the crushing darkness of the Deep, or through the fortified levels of the Nine Hells.

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