![]() ![]() Most had phonetic language roots in the transliterating aspects of the name Ishtar and this remained so until the Greeks changed the name to Aphrodite. For instance all these deities were actually just one goddess and she was associated with the planet Venus. We know this transformation in part due to the written texts found by archaeologists plus from studying the character traits and descriptions. This is how the goddess became introduced to the earliest Greeks. Isis was the name the Egyptians gave to her. ![]() The Phoenicians on Cypress initially referred to her as Astarte. In Canaan this deity was called Ashtaroth. Ishtar in the most ancient of times was also referred to by the Sumerian dialect as Inanna or Ninanna meaning the Queen of Heaven or Lady of Heaven. ![]() The Hebrew term Ashtoreth was itself a transliteration from the Babylonian dialect (Akkadian) term of Ishtar. This goddess was called Ashtoreth in Hebrew and in the Old Testament’s Greek version (the Septuagint).Īshtoreth becomes transliterated into the Greek as Astarte, which became the early Greek name for the goddess until it was later changed to Aphrodite. Upon further investigation we find that the Greeks had acquired knowledge of this being from previous empires in the Middle East and Egypt. Cicero indicates that she was also a very early goddess of the Greeks even before early Roman civilization developed. We know of Libertas being referred to as the Mother of Harlots by the famous Roman historian (and senator) Cicero’s writings. Sometimes she was well robed and at other times seductively unclothed in both sculptures and paintings. Such coin images were not the only depictions. She was depicted on some Roman coins as wearing a freedom cap and having a wreath along with a spear or sometimes a sword. We have the ancient writings of Cicero who writes of this goddess and her Temple on the Aventine Way in Rome. We know that this goddess existed because of the records left behind to us. This unique doctrine was something that most of the pagan deity doctrines were not disposed towards. Her popularity was also unique because of her unique doctrine of hearing personal prayers. The whole idea of immigration connoted the idea of freedom. This goddess was also the goddess of immigrants. She was also referred at times as the goddess of victory because freedom must have victory in order to survive. Libertas was also a goddess of war in order to fight for freedom. Many women who gained freedom later turned to prostitution to survive and thereby retained Libertas as their goddess, especially if they became priestesses in the Libertas cult. Slaves considered her their goddess in the hopes of winning their freedom. She was called the matron goddess of prostitution because she promoted sexual freedom. This goddess was the goddess of freedom because she promoted the ideals for the personal freedom to do anything that felt good. The 2 names describe the one concept we call freedom. She was referred to as the goddess of personal freedom and liberty. Libertas was the name of an ancient Roman goddess adopted by the Romans perhaps as early as the 5th century BC and certainly by the 4th Century BC. We’ll need to follow the research on the goddess connections to fully understand this statue’s meaning. Laboulaye and his fellow Freemason, sculptor Bartholdi referred to her as “Libertas” but she was also an early adoption by Romans of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. What deity was this? It was the goddess known by various names. Laboulaye proceeded to raise the financial support and commission Bartholdi to provide the sculpture of this goddess of illumination from ancient times. Laboulaye, a French Freemason proposed the idea of a giant statue replicating a goddess that the Masonic movement idolized. It was Laboulaye’s idea and determination during the American Civil War that carried the idea from a simple notion to an actual project. The idea for creating a statue of liberty and freedom was first proposed by another Frenchman by the name of Edward Laboulaye. Bartholdi did not originate the concept of the statue. Those pertinent facts that remain largely unknown revolve around the true history of the Statue’s inception as well as the meaning and significance behind the statue.įrench sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi, designed the Statue of Liberty. What we were NOT taught in school were the truly significant facts regarding the true nature of the Statue. (Alexander Light) The Statue of Liberty has become the most cherished symbol of the United States of America. ![]()
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