Asherah
Asherah is a goddess and the consort of the god ʿAmm.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Consort of ʿAmm in ancient Qataban.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Anbay, Yam, Athirat, ʾil-ʾib, Mot, Dagnu, Ba'l Ṣapān, Shachar, Shalim, Raḥmayyu, El Elyon, El Olam, Adam, Horon, Isis, Hera, Inanna, Nut, Juno, Anat, Ashtoreth, Tarḫunz, Tanit, Teššub, Ḥawwat, Shekhinah, ʿAshtart, Damkina, Ashima, Shimti, Manathu, Dagon, El Shaddai, Elion, Beruth, ʽElyōn, Tammuz, Dumuzid, Baal, Leviathan, Iblis, Astarte, Hadad
- syncretized with
- Hathor, Shapshu, Qetesh, Elath, Queen of Heaven, Ištar, Ḫepat, Bēlet-ilī, Ninhursag
- serves
- Anu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“His consort is the goddess Asherah, and he was served by the oracle-judge Anbay.”
#3605 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“If El was the high God of Abraham—Elohim, the prototype of Yahveh—Asherah was his wife, and there are archaeological indications that she was perceived as such before she was in effect "divorced" in the context of emerging Judaism of the 7th century BCE.”
#11667 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The goddesses Asherah, Anat, and Astarte first appear as distinct and separate deities in the tablets discovered in the ruins of the library of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria). Most biblical scholars tend to regard these goddesses as one, especially under the title "Queen of heaven".”
#20718 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The union of El Elyon and his consort Asherah would be analogous to the Titans Cronus and Rhea in Greek mythology or the Roman Saturnus and Ops.”
#22646 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“El, who lived in a vineyard or garden together with his wife Asherah on Mount Ararat.”
#25365 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001