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Ancient Semitic goddess
Asherah (/ˈæʃərə/; Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה, romanized: ʾĂšērā; Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚, romanized: ʾAṯiratu; Akkadian: 𒀀𒅆𒋥, romanized: Aširat; Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩻𐩧𐩩
Asherah
Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring goddess
An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the goddess Asherah. The relation of the literary references
Asherah_pole
Northwest Semitic supreme deity
eternity, creation, and divine authority, often with a consort similar to Asherah. Later sources, including Phoenician and Hellenistic writings, sometimes
El_(deity)
Ancient Semitic deity in the Levant
Canaanite religion and included a variety of deities from it, including El, Asherah, and Baal. Yahweh likely became conflated with El in later centuries, taking
Yahweh
Group of ancient Semitic religions
religious practices. The pantheon was headed by the god El and his consort Asherah, with other significant deities including Baal, Anat, Astarte, Dagon, and
Canaanite_religion
Bronze Age Canaanite fertility goddess figurine
The Revadim Asherah is an artifact from Revadim representing a genre of Asherah figurines. Like the inscriptions found at Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet
Revadim_Asherah
Asherah was the first commercially built American research submersible, owned by the University of Pennsylvania and used by archaeologist George F. Bass
Asherah_(submarine)
Tree in the Garden of Eden
continuation of Asherah's cultic representation in the temple. Scholars have explored these connections, noting parallels between sacred trees, Asherah, and the
Tree_of_life_(biblical)
2025 American sword and sorcery film
statue of Asherah in the forest's heart. In near-death delirium, Sonja sees Asherah speak to her in the guise of her dead mother. Asherah heals Sonja
Red_Sonja_(2025_film)
Temple in Jerusalem in Abrahamic religions
scholars, Asherah was Yahweh's consort, and she was worshipped alongside Yahweh. This is disputed by a significant minority, who maintain that the asherah in
Solomon's_Temple
Religion of the Jewish people
religion formed. John Day argues that the origins of biblical Yahweh, El, Asherah, and Ba'al, may be rooted in earlier Canaanite religion, which was centered
Judaism
Biblical figure; Phoenician princess and wife of Ahab
16). In the biblical narrative, Jezebel replaced Yahwism with Baal and Asherah worship and was responsible for Naboth's death. This caused irreversible
Jezebel
God in the Canaanite religion pantheon
women he meets at the seashore. They are both nursed by "The Lady", likely Asherah, and have appetites as large as "(one) lip to the earth and (one) lip to
Shalim
Religious inscriptions from the Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Pithos A have been identified as either representations of Yahweh and Asherah, the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes or Bes-like deities, or even as demonic ritual
Kuntillet_Ajrud_inscriptions
Religions attempting to reconstruct ancient Semitic religions
Goddess, focusing on the cult of female goddesses such as the cult of Asherah in Solomon's Temple.[citation needed] During the growth of Neopaganism
Semitic_neopaganism
Figurines used in 8th-7th century Judah, often associated with fertility rituals
have been widely interpreted as representations of the Semitic goddess Asherah, associated with fertility and childbirth. However, there is ongoing debate
Judean_pillar_figure
Religion of ancient Israel and Judah
was a stele (matzevah), the seat of the deity, and an Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an
Yahwism
Canaanite dawn deity
and sits. Mythology portal Asia portal Phosphorus (morning star) Shamash Asherah Golan, 2003, p. 82. "The name of the Canaanite deity of the setting sun
Shahar_(god)
Pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
refer to various goddesses in the ancient Near East, including the goddess Asherah-Athirat. She also is associated with the Great Goddess. The worship of
Al-Lat
Motif in art and culture
continuation of Asherah's cultic representation in the temple. Scholars have explored these connections, noting parallels between sacred trees, Asherah, and the
Tree_of_life
Sex toy, often phallic
of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley". According to Rav Yosef, Maakah had installed "a kind of male organ" on her Asherah image
Dildo
Archaeological site in the Sinai Peninsula
the inscription and suggested that they represent Yahweh and the goddess Asherah was gradually almost abandoned – the seven scholars who have presented
Kuntillet_Ajrud
Canaanite solar deity
meets at the seashore. The brothers are both nursed by "The Lady", likely Asherah and in other Ugaritic texts, the two are associated with the sun goddess
Shapshu
Staves carried by Moses's brother, Aaron, in the Torah
flowering staff of Aaron in the biblical narrative may be an etiology of the asherah cultic object. Aaron’s rod, originally associated with priestly and magical
Aaron's_rod
Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic and Egyptian war goddess
Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500-1000 BCE. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Vol. 204. doi:10.5167/uzh-138019
Anat
Book by Mark S. Smith
was largely Canaanite in origin, and that deities such as El, Baal and Asherah, far from being alien to the Israelites, formed part of their heritage
The_Early_History_of_God
American archaeologist and Bible scholar (born 1933)
Religion in Ancient Israel (2005), for the persistence of the veneration of Asherah in the everyday religion of "ordinary people" in ancient Israel and Judah
William_G._Dever
Worshipping a god, accepting others may exist
headed by the chief god, El. The Canaanite pantheon consisted of El and Asherah as the chief deities, with 70 sons who were said to rule over each of the
Henotheism
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
Mesopotamian goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar), the Canaanite mother goddess Asherah, and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. In ancient Greece, Athena, the goddess
Bird
10th-century BCE artifact from Canaan
Near Eastern religions, especially the cults of Yahweh and his consort Asherah. Many publications have referred to this connection, especially before
Ta'anakh_cult_stand
Stake or post used in ritual practice
offerings. An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of
Ceremonial_pole
translates: The Eternal One ('Olam) has made a covenant oath with us, Asherah has made (a pact) with us. And all the sons of El, And the great council
Ancient_Semitic_religion
Edomite clan and an ancient biblical town of northwest Arabia
Teman and his asherah It is unclear if "his asherah" refers directly to Asherah, the consort of Yahweh, or to the ritual items known as asherah poles. An
Teman_(Edom)
Women from Greek mythology
some scholars identify her with Asherah, proposing that Sanchuniathon merely uses Dione as a translation of Asherah's epithet Elat. Hard, p. 68. Hesiod
Dione_(mythology)
Large upright standing stone
Obelix, who is known for carrying menhirs, as a sculptor and deliveryman. Asherah pole – Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring goddess Baetyl – Type of
Menhir
Overview of the early history of Judaism
kingdoms. Each kingdom featured a divine couple—Yahweh and the goddess Asherah in Israel and Judah—who led a pantheon of lesser gods. By the late 8th
Origins_of_Judaism
Deity associated with the sky
(for example, ancient Semitic supreme god El and the fertility goddess Asherah whom he was most likely paired with). The following is a list of sky deities
Sky_deity
Title given to ancient sky goddesses
to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Nut, Astarte, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah). In Greco-Roman times, Hera and Juno bore this
Queen_of_Heaven_(antiquity)
Sacred pillar (in the Bible) or Jewish headstone
of a particular kind of sacred grove/"asherah" near the creation of altars (given the use of the word asherah, it is referencing a pagan practice) and
Matzevah
Epithet of the storm god Ba'al
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Baal-zephon
with earth and Mother Nature Ashi: a divinity of fertility and fortune Asherah, mother goddess of nature, groves & trees (exiled by Hezekiah) Dosojin
List_of_fertility_deities
destroyed, according to the Book of Judges) Ba'al/Hadad, Moloch, and Asherah. Asherah was worshipped by numerous cultures in the ancient Near East, including
Idolatry_in_Judaism
Type of sacred standing stone
idolatry that Abraham faced during his own life. Asherah pole, Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring Asherah, consort of El Black Stone Bema and bimah, elevated
Baetyl
Biblical prophet and seer
and that the people should not fall into idol worship, or worship of Asherah or of Baal. Samuel promised that God would subject the people to foreign
Samuel
Chest containing the Ten Commandments
Yahweh or a pair of statues depicting both Yahweh and his companion goddess Asherah. In contrast, Scott Noegel has argued that the parallels between the ark
Ark_of_the_Covenant
Ancient Egyptian goddess
(e.g., the biblical Asherah) in 1941. Subsequent studies tried to find further evidence for the equivalence of Qetesh and Asherah, despite their dissimilar
Qetesh
Ancient Greek goddess of love
[citation needed] Ancient Greece portal Religion portal Myths portal Anchises Asherah Cupid Girdle of Aphrodite History of nude art Lakshmi, rose from the ocean
Aphrodite
Biblical King of Israel (c. 874 – c. 853 BC)
Under Jezebel's influence, he abandoned Yahweh and established Baal and Asherah cults in Israel according to 1 Kings 16:29–33. For example, he allowed
Ahab
Biblical title given to a queen mother
Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. pp. 186–195. ISBN 9781850754800. Asherah Queen of Heaven Queen of heaven (antiquity) Queen mother Rulers of Israel
Gebirah
Archaeological site in the West Bank
[because?] from his oppressors by his asherah he has saved him [written] by Oniyahu" "...by his Asherah ...and his Asherah" Unlike the Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions
Khirbet_el-Qom
Jewish feminist religious movement
Kohenets do not worship a separate goddess when they use "Asherah", but recognize "Asherah" as one of the many divine names. The idea of "priestess" is
Kohenet_movement
Nomadic tribe in the ancient Levant
use of woven hemp fabric has been linked to the worship of the goddess Asherah. In 2019, Margreet L. Steiner noted the architectural similarities between
Kenites
Greek god of beauty and desire
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Adonis
Feminine or female deity
associated with the Mother Goddess, Inanna – later known as both Ishtar and Asherah. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was said to have destroyed a tree
Goddess
Phenomena not subject to the laws of nature
One God?: Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah. London: New York. p. 189. ISBN 9780567232120. Retrieved June 28, 2017
Supernatural
Symbology pertaining to doves
ancient Levant, doves were used as symbols for the Canaanite mother goddess Asherah. The ancient Greek word for "dove" was peristerá, which may be derived
Doves_as_symbols
Semitic storm god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Hadad
Temporary dwelling used by Israelites in the biblical Book of Exodus
metal menorah with six branches on each side, potentially echoing the asherah, which he thinks was used in the cult of Yahweh. Some interpreters assert
Tabernacle
In Jewish theology, the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God
and the Matronit. In his book Patai also discusses the Hebrew goddesses Asherah and Anat-Yahu. American poet Gustav Davidson listed shekhinah as an entry
Shekhinah
Levantine mythological cycle of stories
The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1300–1100 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (𐎁𐎓𐎍 lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility
Baal_Cycle
2005 book by William G. Dever
was Asherah, and that she was part of the Canaanite pantheon. Who is Asherah? In the Canaanite Pantheon, there were three great goddesses and Asherah was
Did_God_Have_a_Wife?
Supernatural being
deities, the chief of whom was the god El, who ruled alongside his consort Asherah and their seventy sons. Baal was the god of storm, rain, vegetation and
Deity
Triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy"
appellation for the goddess Asherah, and Albright's mentee Frank Moore Cross claimed qdš was used as a divine epithet for both Asherah and the Ugaritic goddess
Q-D-Š
Great duke of Hell in demonology
goddess Astarte, who was known in ancient Hebrew and Semitic tribes as Asherah, an equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar, and the earlier Sumerian Inanna
Astaroth
Ancient Semitic goddess
alternate verses in Ugaritic texts. (In the same way, the name of the goddess Asherah appears in alternate verses with Elath to indicate that both names refer
Ashima
Figure of speech of implicit comparison
"The Asherah is part of a jigsaw in weaving together the feminine threads of a religious history that could be an important new breakthrough for women
Metaphor
1967 book by Raphael Patai
veneration of feminine beings. Hebrew goddesses identified in the book include Asherah, Anath, Astarte, Ashima, the cherubim in Solomon's Temple, the Matronit
The_Hebrew_Goddess
Iron-Age ruling dynasty of Israel
exilic and post-exilic period. Characteristics of other deities, such as Asherah and Baal, were selectively absorbed in conceptions of Yahweh. Israel Finkelstein
Omrides
God of the Moabites, mentioned in Bible
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Chemosh
Talisman excavated in Syria
the female deity Asherah. "Although other scholars like T. Caster (1942) proposed reading the first god-name as Asur rather than Asherah, Cross and Saley
Arslan_Tash_amulets
Female entity in Near Eastern mythology
with what these faiths believe to be her counterparts: Inanna, Ishtar, Asherah, Anath, Anahita and Isis. According to one view, Lilith was originally
Lilith
Elamite god of the moon
Tašmišu Teshub Tilla Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿal Baʿal Marqod Baʿal Ṣapon Baʿalshamem
Napir
Ancient people who inhabited Canaan's southern coast
deities worshipped in the area were Baal, Ashteroth (that is, Astarte), Asherah, and Dagon, whose names or variations thereof had already appeared in the
Philistines
Ancient goddess of Northern Syria
in Honour of Paolo Xella, 2013, p. 198 S. A. Wiggins, A Reassessment of Asherah: With Further Considerations of the Goddess, 2007, p. 57, footnote 124;
Atargatis
Books of the Bible
the Kingdom of Judah, the people set up high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles to foreign gods, and even allow male temple prostitution. The pharaoh
Books_of_Kings
Expressions of religion distinct from the doctrines of organized religion
was drawn to the female divine element, which he noted in the goddess Asherah, the Shekhinah, the Matronit, and Lilith. Writer Stephen Sharot has noted
Folk_religion
Tree in the Quran
related to traditions concerning the burning of the Asherah idol in the Bible. For example, the Asherah idol is described as a "spreading tree", related
Zaqqum
Biblical garden of God
creator deity El, who lived in a vineyard or garden together with his wife Asherah on Mount Ararat. Another god, Horon, tries to depose El and when thrown
Garden_of_Eden
Two pillars on the porch of Solomon's Temple
century Illustration from The compass of the wise, a 1782 Rosicrucian book Asherah pole Bronze laver (Temple) Solomonic column Tree of life (Kabbalah) See
Boaz_and_Jachin
Belief that there is only one God
Israelites were polytheistic, with their worship including the gods El, Baal, Asherah, and Astarte. Yahweh was originally the national god of the Kingdom of
Monotheism
Bone ornamental object held in Jerusalem
Kempinski 1990 said the missing divine name should be reconstructed as Asherah, instead of Yahweh. A goddess connection is bolstered by other ancient
Ivory_pomegranate
Methodology for cultural comparison
Priapus Mutunus Tutunus Prometheus Prumathe Rhea Ops / Magna Mater Nut Asherah Selene Luna Losna / Tiur Isis Silenus Silvanus Selvans Sucellus Thallo
Interpretatio_graeca
The front embroidery of an ashsherrẹh naminal, also called an asherah nahuak.
Egyptian_cultural_dress
Bronze Age god in ancient Syria
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Dagon
beings the power over serpents. His name is possibly taken from the goddess Asherah or Astarte. Focalor (also Forcalor, Furcalor) is a powerful Great Duke
List of demons in the Ars Goetia
List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia
2000 novel by Orson Scott Card
older sister Qira. Sarai is promised to become a priestess for the goddess Asherah, while Qira is to marry a desert prince named Lot. Sarai's thoughts on
Sarah_(Card_novel)
Syrian god of the evening star
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Monimos
Canaanite god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Mot_(god)
Ancient Hebrew lampstand
metal menorah with six branches on each side, potentially echoing the asherah, a sacred tree or pole. However, Rachel Hachili argued that theories positing
Temple_menorah
double-barreled, like in Shagar-we-Ishtar or Kothar-wa-Hasis. ʔṯrt w rḥmy Asherah-wa-Rachmai takes this ("binomial") form but is of slightly unclear categorization
Names_of_God
1st-millennium BCE Canaanite shrine
was a stele (matzevah), the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an
High_place
Major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion
Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500–1000 BCE. Academic Press Fribourg / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen
Hathor
Aramaic text in demotic script
remove Steiner's Osiris (which is typically spelled ˀwsry) and instead find Asherah in the spelling ˀsˀr2ˀ. In 2001, R. C. Steiner called a scorpion spell
Papyrus_Amherst_63
Jewish religion between 516 BCE and 70 CE
Second Temple. Pre-exilic Israel was mostly polytheistic (see Yahwism). Asherah was probably worshiped as Yahweh's consort, within his temples in Jerusalem
Second_Temple_Judaism
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
Tašmišu Teshub Tilla Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿal Baʿal Marqod Baʿal Ṣapon Baʿalshamem
Baal
Goddess representing motherhood or fertility
(Hittite) Leto (Lycian) Nane (Armenian) Asherah Bau Gatumdug Kishar Lisin Nunbarsegunu Al-Lat (Arabian) Asherah (Canaanite) Tanit (Punic) Prajñāpāramitā
Mother_goddess
Four-letter name of God in the Hebrew Bible
Kuntillet Ajrud mention "Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah" and "Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah". A tomb inscription at Khirbet el-Qom also mentions
Tetragrammaton
Major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Melqart
First woman according to the Abrahamic creation myth
Greeks and Their Neighbors in Central Anatolia" (Abstracts) Saul Olyan, Asherah (1988), pp. 70–71, contested by O. Keel Kosior, Wojciech (2018). "A Tale
Eve
Phoenician minor god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Sakkun
ASHERAH
ASHERAH
Biblical
a Semitic mother goddess
Female
Hebrew
(×ֲש×ֵרָה) Hebrew name ASHERAH means "groves (for idol worship)" or "blessed, fortunate." In the bible, this is the Hebrew name for the Babylonian-Canaanite goddess Astarte. It is also the name for her images and sacred trees or poles used for worshiping her.Â
Female
Hebrew
Hittite form of Hebrew Asherah, perhaps having the same ASHERDU means "groves (for idol worship)" or "blessed, fortunate."
ASHERAH
ASHERAH
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, French, Swedish, Teutonic
Army Man; Soldier
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Pashtun, Punjabi, Sikh
Wealth; Riches; Happiness
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Hope
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Son of Kashyapa
Boy/Male
Indian
All comprehensive, Complete
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Ancient Indian City Located Near Kanpur
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew David, DOVID means "beloved."
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Hieronymos, HIERONIM means "holy name."
Girl/Female
Biblical
A gathering together.
ASHERAH
ASHERAH
ASHERAH
ASHERAH
ASHERAH