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Khirbet el-Qom's hand is a symbol of Asherah as a protector, [67] but there is no scholarly hypothesis on why it appears upside-down. Kuntillet Ajrud's jar has this common motif in illustration. Another alluring symbol of the Goddess, the suckling bovine. [68] [69]
An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the goddess Asherah. [1] The relation of the literary references to an asherah and archaeological finds of Judaean pillar-figurines has engendered a literature of debate.
The reverse of pithos A has a line of ambiguous mammals including most clearly a boar. The remaining below, drawn more confidently, are all goddess symbols: a pair of caprids flanking a sacred tree, on bottom a lion. The central figure: "It is mainly a tree trunk with branches and shoots coming out from it, eight in flower and eight in bud.
Al-Lat was used as a title for the goddess Asherah or Athirat. [8] The word is akin to Elat, which was the name of the wife of the Semitic deity El. [9] A western Semitic goddess modeled on the Mesopotamian goddess Ereshkigal was known as Allatum, and she was recognized in Carthage as Allatu. [10] The goddess Allat's name is recorded as: [11] [12]
Asherah's symbols, the sacred tree and the ibex, appear on her thighs. The figurine may have been held by women in childbirth. The figurine may have been held by women in childbirth. Shalim ( Šalām , Shalem , Ugaritic : 𐎌𐎍𐎎 , romanized: ŠLM ) is a god in Canaanite religion , mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra ...
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).
Nikkal-wa-Ib, goddess of orchards and fruit. Pidray, goddess of light and lightning, one of the three daughters of Ba'al Hadad. [25] Qadeshtu, lit. "Holy One", putative goddess of love, desire and lust. Also a title of Asherah. Qos, national god of the Edomites. Resheph, god of plague and of healing. Shadrafa, god of medicine or healing.
It was often on the hill above the town, as at Ramah (1 Samuel 9:12–14); there was a stele , the seat of the deity, and a Asherah pole (named after the goddess Asherah), which marked the place as sacred and was itself an object of worship; there was a stone altar (מִזְבֵּחַ mīzbēaḥ "slaughter place"), often of considerable size ...