Astoreth

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Astoreth is a variant name for the ancient Near Eastern goddess Astarte, associated with fertility, sexuality, and war in various Semitic religions.

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Astoreth canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern deity
fertility goddess
goddess
love goddess
war goddess
alternateNameOf Astarte
appearsIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
associatedDeity Baal
associatedWith evening star
fertility
love
procreation
sexuality
the moon
war
cultType polytheistic worship
derivedFrom Astarte
etymologyNote often considered a deliberate distortion of Astarte in Hebrew tradition
hasDomain fertility of humans
fertility of land
love and erotic power
military power
hasGender female
hasVariantSpelling Ashtoreth
linked to: Astarte
languageOfName Hebrew
mentionedIn 1 Kings
2 Kings
Judges
nameFunction designation of a foreign goddess
nameUsedBy biblical authors
relatedDeity Aphrodite
Inanna
Ishtar
linked to: Inanna

Venus
religiousTradition Canaanite religion
Phoenician religion
ancient Semitic religions
roleInMythology consort of Baal in some traditions
worshippedBy Canaanites
Phoenicians
Semitic peoples
some ancient Israelites
worshippedIn Canaan
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Phoenicia
ancient Near East

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Astarte nameVariant Astoreth