When she was young, she loved Tammuz, god of harvest. When Tammuz died, Ishtar descended to hell to pull up the power about life and death to her terrible sister Ereshkigal.After giving instructions to her servant Papsukal, of going to rescue her if she does not came back, Ishtar descended to Irkalla, the subterranean world. She began brave and challenging, yelling to the porter to opend the door before she overthrow it. But, with everyone of the seven doors, she was shed of one article of clothing, and with it, part of her power, until she arrived completely naked and defenceless in the presence of Ereshkigal, who killed her and hung up her body on a nail.
Papsukal asked gods to create a living creature that was able to enter in the world of the deads and revive Ishtar with the food and water of life. That is how Ishtar came back to life, but she had to pay the price: during six months a year, Tammuz had to live in the word of the deads. While he was there, Ishtar suffered the loss.
