Astarte information

Astarte
Astarte
Goddess of war, beauty, hunting, love
	Phoenician statuette figurine of ʿAštārt from El Carambolo in Spain
Major cult center	Ugarit, Emar, Sidon, Tyre
Planet	possibly Venus
Symbols	lion, horse, chariot
Parents	Epigeius and Ge (Hellenised Phoenician tradition); Ptah or Ra (in Egyptian tradition)
Consort	possibly Baal (Hadad)
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Aphrodite
Roman equivalent	Venus
Mesopotamian equivalent	Ishtar
Sumerian equivalent	Inanna
Hurrian equivalent	Ishara; Shaushka
Egyptian equivalent	Isis

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Astarte (/əˈstɑːrtiː/; Ἀστάρτη, Astartē) is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalent of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar.^[5]

Astarte was worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity, and her name is particularly associated with her worship in the ancient Levant among the Canaanites and Phoenicians, though she was originally associated with Amorite cities like Ugarit and Emar, as well as Mari and Ebla.^[6] She was also celebrated in Egypt, especially during the reign of the Ramessides, following the importation of foreign cults there. Phoenicians introduced her cult in their colonies on the Iberian Peninsula.

^ Smith 2014, pp. 48–49, 61.
^ Lewis 2011, p. 208.
^ Smith 2014, pp. 74–75.
^ Smith 2014, pp. 76–77.
^ Lipiński 1995, pp. 128–154.
^ Smith 2014, pp. 33–34, 36.

[FOOTNOTESmith201448–49,_61-1] Smith 2014, pp. 48–49, 61.

[FOOTNOTELewis2011208-2] Lewis 2011, p. 208.

[FOOTNOTESmith201474–75-3] Smith 2014, pp. 74–75.

[FOOTNOTESmith201476–77-4] Smith 2014, pp. 76–77.

[FOOTNOTELipiński1995128–154-5] Lipiński 1995, pp. 128–154.

[FOOTNOTESmith201433–34,_36-6] Smith 2014, pp. 33–34, 36.

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Arabian Allah Aglibol Abgal al-Lat al-Qaum al-‘Uzzá Atarsamain ʿAṯtar Baalshamin Bēl Dhul Khalasa Dushara Gad Hubal Malakbel Manaf Manāt Nasr Nuha Orotalt Ruda Suwa' Theandrios Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yarhibol Yatha
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Hurrian Allani Aštabi Hayya Ḫepat Hutena and Hutellura Ishara Kubaba Kumarbi Kušuḫ Lelluri Mitanni dynastic deities (Indra, Mitra, Varuna) Nabarbi Ninatta and Kulitta Nupatik Pirengir Shalash Šarruma Šauška Šimige Šuwala Takitu Tašmišu Teshub Tilla
Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿal Baʿal Ḥammon Baʿal Marqod Baʿal Ṣapon Baʿalshamem Baʿalat Gebal Chemosh Dagan El Eshmun Haddu Kotharat Kothar-wa-Khasis Melqart Milcom Misor Mot Nikkal Qedesh Qos Resheph Sakkun Shadrafa Shahar Shalim Shapshu Sydyk Tanit Yam Yahweh Yarikh
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