Ev Cochrane: Warrior. Goddess. Venus. | Thunderbolts

A scientific theory of mythology should be able to explain the genesis and specific content of ancient myth. The earliest mythological traditions of Mesopotamia describe the planet Venus as the warrior goddess ‘Inanna’. Analogous behavior is reported of the Akkadian ‘Ishtar’, Canaanite ‘Astarte’, Egyptian ‘Hathor’, Ugaritic ‘Anat’, and the…