Astarte
Astarte | |
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Goddess of war, hunting, love | |
Major cult center | Ugarit, Emar, Sidon, Tyre |
Planet | possibly Venus |
Symbols | lion, horse, chariot |
Parents | Ptah or Ra (in Egyptian tradition) |
Consort | possibly Baal (Hadad)[1][2] |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Aphrodite |
Roman equivalent | Venus |
Mesopotamian equivalent | Ishtar |
Sumerian equivalent | Inanna |
Hurrian equivalent | Ishara;[3] Shaushka[4] |
Deities of the ancient Near East |
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Religions of the ancient Near East |
Astarte (/əˈstɑːrtiː/; Greek: Ἀστάρτη, Astártē) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess Ashtart or Athtart (Northwest Semitic), a deity closely related to Ishtar (East Semitic), worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity. The name is particularly associated with her worship in the ancient Levant among the Canaanites and Phoenicians, though she was originally associated with Amorite cities like Ugarit and Emar, as well as Mari and Ebla.[5] She was also celebrated in Egypt, especially during the reign of the Ramessides, following the importation of foreign cults there. Phoenicians introduced her cult in their colonies on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Astarte was a prominent goddess of both the Canaanite and the Phoenician pantheon, derived from an earlier Syrian deity. She is recorded in Akkadian as As- WIKI