Ashima
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Ashima is an ancient West Semitic goddess of fate whose name can be translated as 'the name, portion, or lot' depending on context. She was related to the Akkadian goddess Shimti and was one of several deities worshipped in the individual cities of Samaria, mentioned specifically by name in 2 Kings 17:30 in the Hebrew Bible. As a personification of fate, she was cognate with the South Semitic goddess Manathu and was worshiped by various Semitic and Arabian peoples.
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 500
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ugaritic texts, Hebrew Bible (2 Kings 17:30), and papyri from the Yahweh temple at Elephantine in Egypt.
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“Ashima (Hebrew: אֲשִׁימָא) is an ancient Semitic goddess. Ashima was a West Semitic goddess of fate related to the Akkadian goddess Shimti ('fate')...one of several deities worshipped in the individual cities of Samaria who are mentioned specifically by name in 2 Kings”
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