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An authority on the ancient Near East, Prof Annus notes that in Mesopotamia Ishtar was both a goddess of love and also of war (above). The goddess of war and love might seem contradictory for the Western taste as we know that the Christian Madonna makes no war. The reference to oxytocin makes excellent sense of this seeming contradiction in the nature https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/environment of ancient Near Eastern goddesses and reveals that people in antiquity already well observed what modern science is only beginning to discover.
