| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "ASTORETH" | Philistine , Israel, Lebanon | Fertility goddess. Astoreth equates with the Syrian goddess ASTARTE, both being modeled on the Mesopotamian ISTAR. She was adopted, typically, as goddess of both love and war. She is usually depicted wearing a horned headdress.... |
| Goddess name "Astlik" | Pre - Christian Armenian | Astral goddess. Derived from the Mesopotamian model of ISTAR. Survived in Christian times as the mother of fairies.... |
| God name "Gusilim (loud voice)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | God. See also ISTARAN.... |
| God name "Hyesistos" | Greco - Roman | Local tutelary god. Known from the region of the Bosphorus circa 150 BC until AD 250. As late as the fourth century AD there are mentions in texts of bypsistarii in Cappadocia, who seem to have been unorthodox, Greek-speaking, Jewish fringe sectarians. The word bypsistos occurs in the Septuagint version of the Vetus Testamentum and means almighty.... |
| Goddess name "Inana, Istar,Ishtar" | Akkadian / Sumerian | The most important of all Mesopotamian goddesses, and a multi-faceted personality, occurring in cuneiform texts of all periods. The Sumerian name probably means "Lady of heaven";, and the Akkadian name Ishtar is related to the Syrian Astarte and the biblical Ashtaroth is usually considered as a daughter of Anzu, with her cult located in Uruk, but there are other traditions as to her ancestry, and it is probable that these reflect originally different goddesses that were identified with her. Ishtar is the subiect of a cycle of texts describing her love affair and ultimately fatal relationship with Tammuz. |
| Goddess name "Istar" | Akkadia | Goddess of fertility and war known as the star of heaven Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Istar/ Estar" | Mesopotamia / Babylon / Akkadia | A goddess of fertility & war known as the star of heaven |
| God name "Istaran" | Mesopotamia | Tutelary god of the city of Der Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
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