Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Anat" | Hebrew / Israel | The goddess Anat is never mentioned in Hebrew scriptures as a goddess, though her name is apparently preserved in the city names Beth Anath and Anathoth. Anathoth seems to be a plural form of the name, perhaps a shortening of bêt anatôt 'House of the Anats', either a reference to many shrines of the goddess or a plural of intensification. The ancient hero Shamgar son of Anat is mentioned in Judges 3.31;5:6 which raises the idea that this hero may have been imagined as a demi-god, a mortal son of the goddess. |
Goddess name "Anat/ Anath" | Canaan | A goddess of war, hunting & love |
Goddess name "Anath" | Phoenicia | The chief W. Semitic goddess of love & war |