Belit

"Atargatis is a Goddess of Syrian origin whose worship spread to Greece and Rome (and further). She is a Great Mother and Fertility Goddess of the Earth and Water, considered the main Goddess worshipped in Syria. Doves and fish are sacred to Her: doves as an emblem of the Love-Goddess, and fish as symbolic of the fertility and life of the waters. She is so closely identified with the fish that sometimes She was represented in the form of a mermaid--Her upper half that of a human female."

"I'll put this as simply as possible: this is a wonderful book if you let yourself go. Drop all your real world fixations and and let this tale unfold. What's great is it's relevance to the real world while also loyal to the soul of music. That soul is our yearning for answers that will always be out of reach and yet painfully close enough to see. Neftoon Zamora is a legend and a reality. This one man's journey of discovery, both about himself and the world around him. And, that world is not always what it seems. I can't recommend this book enough but I admit some will find this book to be odd. In this case odd is good."