Astarte
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Astarte is an ancient Near Eastern goddess associated primarily with fertility, sexuality, and war, venerated across Canaanite, Phoenician, and later Mediterranean cultures.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astarte canonical | 29 |
| Baalat Gebal | 6 |
| Ashtoreth | 3 |
| Ashtart | 2 |
| Aphrodite | 1 |
| Ashtoreth (Astarte) | 1 |
| Astarte (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Astarté | 1 |
| Great Goddess of Syria | 1 |
| Inanna | 1 |
| Northwest Semitic Astarte | 1 |
| Queen Astarte | 1 |
| Tanit | 1 |
| Uni-Astarte | 1 |
| goddess Ma | 1 |
| the star Astarte | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deity
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
chariots
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ horses ⓘ kingship ⓘ love ⓘ power ⓘ sexuality ⓘ the evening star ⓘ the morning star ⓘ the sea ⓘ war ⓘ |
| culture |
Canaanite religion
ⓘ
Levantine religion ⓘ Phoenician religion ⓘ ancient Near Eastern religion ⓘ |
| equivalentTo |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Astarte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ashtoreth
Attar (feminine form) ⓘ Astarte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Inanna
Inanna ⓘ
surface form:
Ishtar
Aphrodite ⓘ
surface form:
Venus (mythology)
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| iconography |
figure with headdress
ⓘ
figure with horses and chariot ⓘ figure with lions ⓘ figure with weapons ⓘ nude female figure ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
royal ideology
ⓘ
sacred prostitution (disputed) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Phoenician inscriptions ⓘ Ugaritic texts ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Astarte
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashtart
Astarte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ashtoreth
Astoreth ⓘ |
| origin | Northwest Semitic religion ⓘ |
| sibling |
Anat
ⓘ
Baal ⓘ |
| spouseOrConsort |
Baal
ⓘ
El (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| typeOfCult |
fertility cult
ⓘ
warrior cult ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Byblos
ⓘ
Canaan ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenicia
Sidon ⓘ Tyre ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ |
| worshipType |
ritual feasts
ⓘ
temple worship ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ |
Referenced by (52)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Astarté
this entity surface form:
Northwest Semitic Astarte
this entity surface form:
Inanna
this entity surface form:
Ashtoreth
this entity surface form:
Ashtart
this entity surface form:
Ashtoreth
this entity surface form:
Ashtoreth (Astarte)
this entity surface form:
Uni-Astarte
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Baalat Gebal
this entity surface form:
Queen Astarte
this entity surface form:
Aphrodite
this entity surface form:
Astarte (in some traditions)
this entity surface form:
Ashtart
this entity surface form:
Ashtoreth