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Submitted: June 10, 2010
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Ishtar's rebirthby ~MarianoDavidOtero

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Illustrations / Conceptual

WIP, done on photoshop. I wanted to address the idea of where the "easter egg" tradition came from and why is it celebrated.

The word "EASTER" is derived from the fertility goddess ASHTAROTH, the wife of Baal (Judges 2:13). Her Babylonian name is ISHTAR or Semiramis -- the original Babylonian queen who ruled over the kings of the earth (Rev. 17:1-2), cleverly disguised as "Mary," the mother of Jesus today. When Catholics worship Mary, they are merely continuing the ancient heathen worship of Venus, of Isis, of Cybele, of Aphrodite and of Ishtar who were all ancient mothers of the gods.

Spring fertility customs to honor ISHTAR included COLORED EGGS, bunny RABBITS, HOT CROSS BUNS, LENT, and SUNRISE SERVICES. "The egg as a symbol of fertility and of renewed life goes back to the ancient Egyptians and Persians, who had also the custom of coloring and eating eggs during their spring festival" (Encyc. Brit. art "Easter"). God says, "I despise your feast days" (Amos 5:21). "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil" (Isa. 5:20). Hyginus, an Egyptian, says, "An EGG of wondrous size is said to have FALLEN from HEAVEN into the River Euphrates.... out came VENUS (Ishtar), who afterward was called the Syrian Goddess (Hyginus, Fabulae pp.148-149).Supposedly in order to show her divinity she had an egg laying bird changed to an egg laying rabbit. Acts 19:35 says the goddess DIANA (Ishtar) "FELL down from Jupiter." Then in Luke 10:18 we read that Christ "beheld SATAN as lightning FALL from HEAVEN." Therefore, the worship of DIANA or ISHTAR is SATAN worship. Yet how many "Christians" have EASTER-EGG hunts?

~joshuaotero Jun 10, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Interesting. The water and sand seem to have the same texture. The man to the left is staring at the woman instead of the woman doing the spectacle. I also wish the Eggshell in the water were as blurry as the man and the man as crisp as the eggshell

*LAS-T Jun 10, 2010

awesome

thanks for the background XD

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