ASHERAH

=Athirat (Ugaritic) NW Semitic mother goddess
=Ashratum/Ashratu (Akkadain)
=Asherdu(s)/Ashertu(s)/Aserdu(s)/Asertu(s) (Hittite)
=Elat, Allat, Qodesh "Holiness"


Athirat is consort of El.

	ASHERAH
	Amorite -> Canaanite -> Pheoncian
	mother goddess
	2000b.c. -> 400a.d.
	"Lady Asherah of the Sea"
	

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'ASHTART

Astarte
=Ishtar
='Attart/'Athart/Atirat (Ugaritic)
=Ashtoreth (Hebrew)
=Astartu (Akkadain)
=Uni-Astre (Etruscan)
=Aphrodite (Greek)
=Atargatis (Syrian)

fertiliy, sexuality, war
lion, horse, sphinx and dove
Venus

	Astarte (star)
	Wester Semetic, Pheoncian,
	Fertitly goodess
	1500b.c. -> 200b.c.
	Goddess of eveningstar, war, sexual love
	consort and aspect of BAAL Shamin
	-> Aphrodite

	Ashtoreth
	Palestinian and Philistine
	Fertility goddess
	1200b.c. -> 200 b.c.
	=Astarte