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Astarte (/ ə ˈ s t ɑːr t iː /; Ἀστάρτη, Astartē) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalent of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar .
Another center of cult to Astarte was Cyprus, whose main temples were located in Paphos, Amathus and Kition. [28] The epigraphy of the Kition temple describes personal economic activity on the temple, as sacred prostitution would have been taxed as any other occupation, and names possible practitioners as grm (male) and lmt (female). [31] [34]
The pantheon was headed by the god El and his consort Asherah, with other significant deities including Baal, Anat, Astarte, and Mot. Canaanite religious practices included animal sacrifice , veneration of the dead , and the worship of deities through shrines and sacred groves .
While Heracles remains prostrate, Phur performs the ceremony of the cult of Astarte. First there are serious rites, slow dances, then, little by little, an immense furious joy seizes the priests and priestesses, courtesans and guards and it is a mystical and frenetic orgy of passion and possession.
The cult of Inanna/Ishtar also heavily influenced the cult of the Phoenician goddess Astarte. [349] The Phoenicians introduced Astarte to the Greek islands of Cyprus and Cythera, [340] [350] where she either gave rise to or at least heavily influenced the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Queen of Heaven was a title given to several ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Nut, Astarte, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah).
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Articles relating to the goddess Astarte and her depictions. She is often identified with Ishtar. She was worshipped by the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Egyptians, and the Phoenicians. Her cult is thought to have influenced the Greek cult of Aphrodite.