Six Degrees of Fictionality: Six Degrees Across: Ishtar- Trading Card Games and Summons

Six Degrees Across: Ishtar- Trading Card Games and Summons

Because i didn't say this in the last one, I want to make sure I say it in this one. For the
first handful of the "Six Degrees Across" posts I will be using characters that have a real
world reference and so will be able to start the posts with an "A" spot. After I exhaust
those options (there are quite a few so it will be a while), I will start these posts with the
number A being the Fire Emblem spot. Well, without further ado- here's today's post on Ishtar.

A. Ishtar

I am writing about Ishtar because it’ll be Easter soon. Ishtar was Assyro-Babylonian
goddess of love and war and sex and somehow in modern times many associate her
early celebrations with Easter. I’m not really sure how Ishtar got connected to a celebration
of rebirth and regeneration - maybe the celebrations were around the same time.

https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Ishtar

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/beyond-ishtar-the-tradition-of-eggs-at-easter/

1. Yugioh: Chaos Goddess

The Chaos Goddess was a level 8, synchro monster card with the attribute of light. It was the first
synchro card that stated which type of tuner monster was used for summoning. For more info visit
the website : https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_Goddess. Chaos Goddess isn't called
Ishtar but I think it has the best physical resemblance to Ishtar.

2. Final Fantasy: Lilith
While there were a couple of card games in the Final Fantasy series, I decided that I would
use summons. The Eidolon or summons were equipped by objects called signets (or materia),
which are stones or crystals containing the spirit. Lilith was a non-elemental summon found in
Final Fantasy Dimensions II and while not Ishtar does have the best physical
resemblance.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Dimensions_II
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Eidolon_(Dimensions_II)/Free-to-play/Dark-elemental_summons

3. Cardfight Vanguard: Ishtar
Cardfight Vanguard was a card game and in the anime the cards represented aliens from another
world or dimension. From this series, the card I chose to represent Ishtar was Ishtar. The
important facts about Ishtar are that she was from the Genesis clan and the Noble race and
apparently she was not the Ishtar of the present but of the future.
https://cardfight.fandom.com/wiki/Goddess_of_Investigation,_Ishtar
https://cardfight.fandom.com/wiki/Card_Lores:Goddess_of_Investigation,_Ishtar

4. Persona: Leanan Sidhe
In Psychology, a persona was an aspect of a persons personality and can take many forms.
Personas found in the Persona series are closer to the Jungian shadow which was the part of
a persons identity that they keep hidden or may not recognize. These shadows can also
grow in power because the shadow was also a source of our creative energy. It could also
be a movement of the person identity to a more complete version "the Self." After all that, the
persona I chose was Leanan Sidhe and she was part of the Lover's Arcana. There was an Ishtar
persona, but I didn't think it matched the Fire Emblem Ishtar.
https://www.thesap.org.uk/resources/articles-on-jungian-psychology-2/about-analysis-and-therapy/the-shadow/
https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Leanan_Sidhe
McLeod, S. A. (2018, May 21). Carl jung. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-jung.html

5. Battle Spirits Heroes:the ReversePriestess Rinne
Battle Spirits Heroes was anime based on a card game and followed the same formula as most
shows. As far as I know, the cards are just cards. But I could be wrong as the wiki does
suggest that the battle spirit system was designed so that the protagonist could see the
spirits. The card that I chose to represent Ishtar was called the ReversePriestess Rinne .
https://battle-spirits.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Spirits_Heroes
https://battle-spirits.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Spirits_Wiki
https://battle-spirits.fandom.com/wiki/The_ReversePriestess_Rinne

6. Future Card Buddyfight: Great Warlock’s Disciple Zessica
Future Card Buddyfight was another anime about a card game. The story was about
humans and monsters in another world and how they communicated with each other
through the card game. The monster card that I chose to represent Ishtar was the Great
Warlock's Disciple Zessica.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Future_Card_Buddyfight_episodes
https://buddyfight.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Warlock%27s_Disciple,_Zessica

B. Fire Emblem: Ishtar
Ishtar was a character in Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War. She was known
for her thunder powers and even called a "goddess of lightening".
https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/Ishtar