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Ishtar is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Main section: Inanna § Origin

Ishtar is the East Semitic name for Inanna, a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war who is associated with the planet Venus. The name Ishtar is the East Semitic form of the Proto-Semitic theonym *ʿAṯtar, which was used by the Semitic peoples to refer to a deity associated with Venus (cf. Ashtar and Astarte). East Semitic peoples, in an instance of syncretism with the Sumerian religion, would identify their deity as the same as the Sumerian goddess Inanna around the time of Sargon of Akkad.^[1]

Design

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Ishtar.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei IV	The Akkadian goddess of love and war. She is known as the "Queen of Heaven" and is equated with the planet Venus. In the epic of Gilgamesh, she had many lovers, but all were fated to be killed or turned into animals at her hands.
Shin Megami Tensei V	A Mesopotamian goddess of love and war. Dubbed the "Queen of Heaven," the planet Venus was often seen as the embodiment of the goddess herself. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, she makes many heroes her lovers, but the story also foretells that she will eventually kill them or turn them into animals.
Persona 4	Goddess of war and love, revered in ancient Mesopotamia. She seduced many men to their doom, but the hero Gilgamesh spurned her, causing her to murder his best friend Enkidu.
Persona 5	The revered goddess of war and love in ancient Mesopotamia. She seduced many men to their doom. When Gilgamesh, the hero, spurned her, she murdered his best friend, Enkidu.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	Goddess of war and love, revered in ancient Mesopotamia. She seduced many men to their doom, but the hero Gilgamesh spurned her, causing her to murder his best friend, Enkidu.
Devil Children White Book	うたと　おどりで　オトコを　メロメロに　してしまう　アイのメガミ Translation: The goddess of love who seduces men with her singing and dancing.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	A demon whose poise and charm can enslave even the strongest of rivals.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	美しい　歌声と　おどりで　男を　メロメロに　して　自分の　しもべに　してしまう　愛の　女神 Translation: The goddess of love who seduces men with her beautiful singing voice and dancing, and turns them into her servants.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei II

Ishtar is half of the original form of Astaroth. Upon being brought to Binah Town, Astaroth will ask Aleph to allow him to return to his original form, and become Ishtar and Ashtar. After Ashtar leaves, Ishtar explains that God forcibly fused her with Ashtar out of rage that his followers were turning towards her. As he leaves, she begins restoring life to the Sea of Binah.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

Ishtar is the guardian of the Sector Sphere of the Womb of Grief.

Shin Megami Tensei V

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Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation

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Ishtar in the game has reincarnated into a human named Yuuka Tachibana, who is early in the game dismembered by the Bael Believers: Ipos the Fallen, Lamashtu the Femme, Asherah the Lady, Astarte the Tyrant, Abaddon the Koutenshi, Leraje the Koutenshi and Decarabia the Koutenshi, leaving only her head as a trophy for Bael the Tyrant.

Ayato Katsuragi has some visions of Yuuka as the game progresses where she told her where to go and what to do in order to revive her.

Archangel Gabriel reveals to Katsuragi in Shibuya that Yuuka is indeed the reincarnation of Ishtar, that Babylonia was once the capital of Ishtar and that many blood was shed in her name and that she followed a lustful path, but that she was defeated so God tore her soul apart, the bad part was what became Astarte, the other half became Virgin Mary and that Yuuka is this part of Ishtar's soul, but that Bael has tainted her soul with fear and hatred.

When asking if she can be revived Gabriel says that while it is possible to revive Yuuka she may not be the Yuuka he once knew as her soul has been tainted with fear and hatred by Bael.

Gabriel also says that Yuuka as Ishtar was once Bael's wife, but when he was known as Baal and ruled over Palestine, and that many sacrifices were done for Ishtar and bathed in the blood of the ever-reviving Baal to become immortal.

After this and other questions Katsuragi can make, Gabriel leaves and protects Shibuya.

At Bael Castle Rui will reveal that her true form is that of Astarte the Tyrant and will make Katsuragi choose between her and Yuuka.

Depending on the choice Katsuragi makes here either Astarte or Ishtar the Megami will join depending on how he replies to Rui's question regarding who he loves, if Yuuka or her. Affinity with this characters also affect.

Route 1: Katsuragi chooses Yuuka and depending on the affinity with Rui different events can happen, in one of them Katsuragi fights her and on the other she rips out her heart from her body and gives it to Katsuragi and so Yuuka transforms into Ishtar the Megami, then at the top floor of Bael Castle they find Murmur the Fallen who after a fight is defeated, and then upon entering the main room they find Baal the Tyrant who after asking Ishtar to be his wife to which she refuses he starts a fight. Upon being defeated, Baal asks Katsuragi to pierce him with his own sword or if he'll be the new King of Tokyo, saying no to either question Baal transforms into a frog and can either die or escape depending on the choices. After that Katsuragi and Ishtar stand upon the ruined city and Katsuragi says that his love between him and Ishtar will be eternal.

Route 2: Depending on if Katsuragi chose Yuuka or gets betrayed by her and had a Law alignment he instead will be greeted by angels calling him the new Messiah.

Route 3:If Katsuragi's aligment was Light-Law after doing any route he will grow angelic wings on his back and also be called the new Messiah depending on if he did Route 2.

Route 4:If Katsuragi chooses Rui, this enrages Ishtar and attacks Katsuragi who after is defeated dies. Upon reaching the top floor of Bael Castle they fight Murmur the Fallen who after a fight is defeated, and then upon entering the main room they find Baal the Tyrant who after asking Astarte where is Ishtar, she responds that she is dead, and now enraged, Baal starts a fight. Upon being defeated, Baal asks Katsuragi to pierce him with his own sword or if he'll be the new King of Tokyo, saying no to either question Baal tansforms into a frog and can either die or escape depending on the choices. After this, Katsuragi alongside Astarte stand on a pile of demons, now calling themselves the new rulers of Tokyo.

Route 5: If Katsuragi chooses Rui and gets any route related to her and route he on the sky will see Ishtar flying to the moon with a sad face, the beautiful Goddess will await for his next time to reincarnate.

Route 6: If Katsuragi says yes to the questions Baal makes or dies during the fight with him, he will then see everything is now darkness, he sees visions of demons he fought mocking him and then if he decides to struggle he will see a lot of demons praising him as their new King and after that he loses consciousness, and if he chose Rui he will also get Route 5.

Route 7: If Katsuragi chooses Yuuka and has middle affinity with Rui Asuka then she will fuse with Yuuka regardless of who Katsuragi chooses Rui will fuse with Yuuka. Upon reaching Bael Castle's top floor they fight Murmur the Fallen and after defeating they enter the main room and they find Baal the Tyrant. But Ishtar despite having come along obediently to Katsuragi her face changed to one some resembling that of Rui and says how dare he betray her and depending on what Katsuragi says then a fight between Ishtar will begin and after she's defeated Baal will be enraged about losing his wife and so a fight with him begins. After his defeat if Katsuragi had a Chaos alignment he will be seen at the top of countless demons and he will now pronounce himself as the new ruler of Tokyo.

Route 8: If obtained the requirements for Route 7 but had any other alignment that isn't Chaos Katsuragi will be directed to Route 1.

End of spoilers.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Lady Ishtar is one of the three deities that Rei Reiho can call upon near the beginning of the game.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イシュタル Ishutaru	Ishtar

Gallery

Sprite of Ishtar from the PC-98 version of Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
Graphic of Ishtar from her ending in the PC-98 version Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation.
Model of Ishtar from Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Render of Ishtar from Shin Megami Tensei V
Model from Persona 4 Golden
Render for Persona 5
Render from Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Videos

Ishtar's Daily Demon Showcase for Shin Megami Tensei V

Ishtar's Daily Demon Future Prediction with Ringo for Soul Hackers 2

References

↑ "The sumerian goddess Inanna (3400-2200 BC)", Paul Collins. Papers from the Instutute of Archaeology, 5, pp. 103-118. Published November 14, 1994. doi:10.5334/pia.57

[1] "The sumerian goddess Inanna (3400-2200 BC)", Paul Collins. Papers from the Instutute of Archaeology, 5, pp. 103-118. Published November 14, 1994. doi:10.5334/pia.57

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