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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 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 .
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 .
Video games about cults, social groups that are defined by their unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or by their common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. Pages in category "Video games about cults"
Soul Calibur series of video games, a golem named Astaroth is a playable character. Ultima V, Astaroth is the name of the Shadowlord of Hatred; Astarte is a demonic assistant in the game Devil's Deception. Astaroth is a wood and dark attribute demon monster in the mobile game Puzzle & Dragons, along with her series-mates Baal, Belial, and Amon.
Edvard Westermarck claimed that Aicha Kandicha's name is "distinctly of Eastern origin," co-identifying her with Qetesh in ancient Canaanite religion, who he identified as "the temple harlot" and tying her to the cult of the goddess Astarte, incorrectly characterised as a "fertility" goddess.
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.