Monday, December 2, 2013

Astarte

Astarte is the Greek name of the Mesopotamian (i.e. Assyrian, Akkadian, Babylonian) Semitic goddess Ishtar known throughout the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean from the early Bronze Age to Classical times. It is one of a number of names associated with the chief goddess or female divinity of those peoples. She is found in Ugaritic as "Attart" or "Athtart"; in Phoenician as  "Ashtart"; in Hebrew as "Ashtoret", singular, or Ashtarot, plural; and appears originally in Akkadian as  the grammatically masculine name of the goddess Ishtar; the form Astartu is used to describe her age.The name appears also in Etruscan as  Uni-Astre,  Ishtar or Ashtart.
Astarte is associated with:
Fertility
Moon
Sexual Love/Beauty
Subconscious/Dreams
War
Animals: Lions, Horse, Dove
Planet: Venus
Symbols: Sphinx, Star within a circle, Chariot
Herb: Gum Arabic (AKA Acacia)
"the force of life, experienced as benevolent and enduring, found in flocks of cattle and groves of trees, evoked in childbirth and in planting time."

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