Gilgamesh Bull Of Heaven

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The goddess Ishtar, taken with the victorious king, offers herself; Gilgamesh refuses, reciting the ruin of her former lovers. In fury she demands the Bull of Heaven from her father Anu and looses it on Uruk, where its breath opens pits that swallow hundreds — until the two heroes seize and slay it. The Bull stands in the sky as Taurus, and Ishtar who sent it is the planet Venus. — Epic of Gilgamesh