The gods themselves were terrified by the Flood: They shrank back, fled upward to the heavens of Anu. Curled up like dogs, the gods lay outside [his door]. Ishtar cried out like a woman giving birth, the seet-voiced lady of the gods cried out, The days of old are turned to clay since I spoke evil in the Assembly of the Gods. How could I speak evil in the Assembly of the Gods? How could I cry out for battle for the destruction of my people? I myself gave birth to my people! [Now] like the children of fish they will fill the sea!"

{water}

Gilgamesh p 235.

"O Ishtar, queen of all peoples . . .
Thou art the light of heaven and earth. . .
At the thought of thy name the heaven and earth quake. . .
And the spirits of the earth falter.
Mankind payeth homage unto thy mighty name,
For thou are great, and thou art exalted,
Boweth down before thy power . . .
How Long wilt thou tarry, O Lady of Heaven and Earth . . .
How long wilt thou tarry, O Lady of all fights and of the battle?
O thou glorious one, that . . . art raised on high. that art firmly established,
O valiant Ishtar, great in thy might!
Bright torch of heaven and earth, light of all dwellings,
Terrible in the fight, one who cannot be opposed, strong in the battle!
O whilwind, that roarest against the fore and cuttest off the mighty!
O furious Ishtar, summoner of armies!

....................Worlds in Collision p. 197

In the Babylonian psalms Ishtar says:

By causing the heavens to tremble and the earth to quake,
By the Gleam which lightens in the sky, 
By the blazing fire which rains upon the hostile land, 
I am Ishtar.
Ishtar am I by the light that arises in heaven, 
Ishtar the queen of heaven am I by the light that arises in heaven.

I am Ishtar; on high I journey. . . 
The heavens I cause to quake, the earth I cause to shake, 
That is my fame.
"Queen of heaven above and beneath" let be spoken, 
That is my fame.
The mountains I overwhelm altogether,
That is my fame.