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.
Aliases (7)
- Ashtoreth ×2
- Ashtart ×1
- Astarté ×1
- Baalat Gebal ×1
- Inanna ×1
- Northwest Semitic Astarte ×1
- Tanit ×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
→
Ashtoreth → Attar (feminine form) → Inanna → Ishtar → 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 |
Hebrew Bible
→
Phoenician inscriptions → Ugaritic texts → |
| nameVariant |
Ashtart
→
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 → Phoenicia → Sidon → Tyre → Ugarit → |
| worshipType |
ritual feasts
→
temple worship → votive offerings → |
Referenced by (19)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Eshmun
→
Pyrgi Tablets → |
associatedDeity |
|
Anat
→
Baal → |
associatedWith |
|
Astarte
("Inanna")
→
Astarte ("Ashtoreth") → |
equivalentTo |
|
Manfred
→
Zadig ("Astarté") → |
hasCharacter |
|
Astarte
("Ashtart")
→
Astarte ("Ashtoreth") → |
nameVariant |
|
Phoenician religion
→
|
centralCultFigure |
|
Inanna
("Northwest Semitic Astarte")
→
|
equivalent |
|
Phoenician religion
→
|
hasDeity |
|
Isis
→
|
linkedToDeity |
|
Carthage
("Tanit")
→
|
mainDeity |
|
Sidon
→
|
majorDeityVenerated |
|
Byblos
("Baalat Gebal")
→
|
majorDeityWorshipped |
|
Canaanites
→
|
pantheonIncludesDeity |
|
Set
→
|
possibleSpouse |