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The Egyptian goddess Qetesh 𓐪𓂧𓈙𓏏𓆇𓏏𓆗 (Qdšt), who was depicted on 19th and 20th dynasty Egyptian stelae as a naked goddess with a Hathoric hairstyle, standing on a powerful lion and holding flowers or snakes in her outstretched hands, and often accompanied by Min and Resheph, was a Levantine-Egyptian hypostasis of ʿAṯtart.
Astarte – A warrior goddess from Syria and Canaan who entered ancient Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom [153] Ay – A goddess who embodies the raging aspect of the returning goddess [ 154 ] Baalat Gebal – A Canaanite goddess, tutelary deity of the city of Byblos , adopted into ancient Egyptian religion [ 155 ]
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). In Greco-Roman times, Hera and Juno bore this title. Forms ...
Modern egyptologists, such as Christiane Zivie-Coche, do not consider Qetesh to be a hypostasis of Anat or Astarte, but a goddess developed in Egypt possibly without a clear forerunner among Canaanite or Syrian goddesses, though given a Semitic name and associated mostly with foreign deities. [21]
Astarte and the Sea (also pAmherst IX or simply the Astarte Papyrus) is an Egyptian hieratic tale, dating from the New Kingdom, which relates a story about the goddess Astarte and her rival Yam. [1] [2] Though Astarte and Yam appear to have originated as Canaanite deities, both were, at times, worshipped in ancient Egypt as well. [3] [4]
Anat (/ ˈ ɑː n ɑː t /, / ˈ æ n æ t /), Anatu, classically Anath (/ ˈ eɪ n ə θ, ˈ eɪ ˌ n æ θ /; Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎐𐎚 ʿnt; Hebrew: עֲנָת ʿĂnāṯ; Phoenician: 𐤏𐤍𐤕, romanized: ʿNT; Greek: Αναθ, romanized: Anath; Egyptian: ꜥntjt) was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts.
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.
Iconographically henceforth, Baal was shown wearing the crown of Lower Egypt and shown in the Egyptian-like stance, one foot set before the other. Similarly Athirat (known by her later Hebrew name Asherah), Athtart (known by her later Greek name Astarte), and Anat henceforth were portrayed wearing Hathor-like Egyptian wigs.