Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "ASERAH" | Amorite, Canaanite,Phoenician, Lebanon, Syria | Mother goddess. Aserah is the great mother goddess of Canaan. Known as Lady Aserah of the sea, she seems to have lived close by the place of IL, the Canaanite creator god, and is said to have had many sons. She is described as the creatress of the gods and the matron of a number of other goddesses who oversee the natural world. She is also ambiguous in her attitude to BAAL. She intercedes with Il when Baal wishes to build a palace of his own yet, when he is vanquished, she attempts to place one of her own offspring on the throne.... |
Goddess name "ASTARTE (star)" | Semitic, Phoenician, Lebanon, Syria / The goddess of the evening star, of war / of sexual love | Fertility goddess. Inscriptions from the fifth century BC in her major temple at Sidon suggest she was perceived as an emanation of BAAL SAMIN, personifying his Divine power. She is also his consort. Her animal is the sphinx, which typically appears on either side of her throne.... |
Goddess name "Alpanu aka Alpan" | Etruscan | Goddess of love and one of the Lasas, and a ruler of the underworld. Possibly equated with the Greek goddess Persephone. In art, she was usually depicted as a nude or semi-nude winged maiden. Etruscan |
Goddess name "Amat-Asherat" | Phonecian | Minor Goddess of alchemy and conjuration. Banished by El to the desert, where she raised shinx-like creatures with a lion and a human head to fight Baal. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Anat" | Phonecian | major Goddess of battle, bloodshed, and hunting, renowned for her hot temper and excitability. She killed the God Mot (temporarily) for her brother's sake. Daughter of Baal, sister of Aleyin. She appears as a maiden who rides a lion and carries shield, spear, and axe. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Anath" | Phoenicia | The chief W. Semitic goddess of love & war |
Goddess name "Arion" | Greek | A fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed herself into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by åśśuming the figure of a horse. Demeter afterwards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a daughter, Despoena. |
Goddess name "Ashera" | Phoenicia | A goddess of fertility |
Goddess name "Asherat" | Phonecian | major Goddess of marriage, fidelity, and home life. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Asherat-of-the-sea" | Phonecian | Great Goddess of wisdom and the sea. Mother of the Gods and mistress of the Gods in wisdom. El's wife and counsellor, said to have 70 children, including Baal. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Ashtaroth" | Phoenicia | A moon & fertility goddess |
Goddess name "Astart" | Phonecian | major Goddess of fertility, love, and pleasure. Patron of harlots and hedonists. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Astarte/ Ashtoreth" | Phoenicia / Babylon / Assyria / conference / Canaan | A goddess of fertility, sacred love, sexuality & of sex & the moon |
Goddess name "Astaroth" | Western Semitic | Fertility goddess. Goddess of sheep herders equating with the Phoenician goddess ASTARTE. Also a plural form of the name Astoreth and used as a collective name for goddesses (cf. BAAL).... |
Goddess name "Auxesia" | Greek | The goddess who grants growth and prosperity to the fields, a surname of Persephone. Greek |
Goddess name "Baau" | Phoenicia | Creator goddess. Mother of the first man. Phoenicia |
Goddess name "Bau" | Phoenicia | A goddess of the dawn & the sky |
Goddess name "Bau" | Phoenicia | The giver of life, goddess of the dawn and the sky. Phoenicia |