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Ancient Semitic goddess
Asherah (/ˈæʃərə/; Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה, romanized: ʾĂšērā; Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎚, romanized: ʾAṯiratu; Akkadian: 𒀀𒅆𒋥, romanized: Aširat; Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩻𐩧𐩩
Asherah
Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring goddess
An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the goddess Asherah. The relation of the literary references
Asherah_pole
Ancient Semitic deity in the Levant
Canaanite religion and included a variety of deities from it, including El, Asherah, and Baal. Yahweh likely became conflated with El in later centuries, taking
Yahweh
Group of ancient Semitic religions
religious practices. The pantheon was headed by the god El and his consort Asherah, with other significant deities including Baal, Anat, Astarte, Dagon, and
Canaanite_religion
Northwest Semitic supreme deity
eternity, creation, and divine authority, often with a consort similar to Asherah. Later sources, including Phoenician and Hellenistic writings, sometimes
El_(deity)
Bronze Age Canaanite fertility goddess figurine
The Revadim Asherah is an artifact from Revadim representing a genre of Asherah figurines. Like the inscriptions found at Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet
Revadim_Asherah
Asherah was the first commercially built American research submersible, owned by the University of Pennsylvania and used by archaeologist George F. Bass
Asherah_(submarine)
Religious inscriptions from the Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Pithos A have been identified as either representations of Yahweh and Asherah, the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes or Bes-like deities, or even as demonic ritual
Kuntillet_Ajrud_inscriptions
Temple in Jerusalem in Abrahamic religions
scholars, Asherah was Yahweh's consort, and she was worshipped alongside Yahweh. This is disputed by a significant minority, who maintain that the asherah in
Solomon's_Temple
Religion of ancient Israel and Judah
kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Some scholars speculate that the goddess Asherah was the consort of Yahweh, though some scholars disagree. Evidence from
Yahwism
Tree in the Garden of Eden
continuation of Asherah's cultic representation in the temple. Scholars have explored these connections, noting parallels between sacred trees, Asherah, and the
Tree_of_life_(biblical)
Biblical figure; Phoenician princess and wife of Ahab
16). In the biblical narrative, Jezebel replaced Yahwism with Baal and Asherah worship and was responsible for Naboth's death. This caused irreversible
Jezebel
Religion of the Jewish people
11:4–10); King Ahab "went and served Baal, and worshiped him…And Ahab made the Asherah [a pagan place of worship]; and Ahab did yet more to provoke the LORD,
Judaism
Pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
refer to various goddesses in the ancient Near East, including the goddess Asherah-Athirat. She also is associated with the Great Goddess. The worship of
Al-Lat
2025 American sword and sorcery film
statue of Asherah in the forest's heart. In near-death delirium, Sonja sees Asherah speak to her in the guise of her dead mother. Asherah heals Sonja
Red_Sonja_(2025_film)
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
Mesopotamian goddess Inanna (later known as Ishtar), the Canaanite mother goddess Asherah, and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. In ancient Greece, Athena, the goddess
Bird
Figurines used in 8th-7th century Judah, often associated with fertility rituals
have been widely interpreted as representations of the Semitic goddess Asherah, associated with fertility and childbirth. However, there is ongoing debate
Judean_pillar_figure
Ancient Greek goddess of love
[citation needed] Ancient Greece portal Religion portal Myths portal Anchises Asherah Cupid Girdle of Aphrodite History of nude art Lakshmi, rose from the ocean
Aphrodite
Canaanite dawn deity
and sits. Mythology portal Asia portal Phosphorus (morning star) Shamash Asherah Golan, 2003, p. 82. "The name of the Canaanite deity of the setting sun
Shahar_(god)
Women from Greek mythology
some scholars identify her with Asherah, proposing that Sanchuniathon merely uses Dione as a translation of Asherah's epithet Elat. Hard, p. 68. Hesiod
Dione_(mythology)
Staves carried by Moses's brother, Aaron, in the Torah
flowering staff of Aaron in the biblical narrative may be an etiology of the asherah cultic object. Aaron’s rod, originally associated with priestly and magical
Aaron's_rod
10th-century BCE artifact from Canaan
Near Eastern religions, especially the cults of Yahweh and his consort Asherah. Many publications have referred to this connection, especially before
Ta'anakh_cult_stand
Religions attempting to reconstruct ancient Semitic religions
Goddess, focusing on the cult of female goddesses such as the cult of Asherah in Solomon's Temple.[citation needed] During the growth of Neopaganism
Semitic_neopaganism
God in the Canaanite religion pantheon
women he meets at the seashore. They are both nursed by "The Lady", likely Asherah, and have appetites as large as "(one) lip to the earth and (one) lip to
Shalim
translates: The Eternal One ('Olam) has made a covenant oath with us, Asherah has made (a pact) with us. And all the sons of El, And the great council
Ancient_Semitic_religion
Sex toy, often phallic
of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley". According to Rav Yosef, Maakah had installed "a kind of male organ" on her Asherah image
Dildo
Canaanite solar deity
meets at the seashore. The brothers are both nursed by "The Lady", likely Asherah and in other Ugaritic texts, the two are associated with the sun goddess
Shapshu
Worshipping a god, accepting others may exist
headed by the chief god, El. The Canaanite pantheon consisted of El and Asherah as the chief deities, with 70 sons who were said to rule over each of the
Henotheism
Book by Mark S. Smith
was largely Canaanite in origin, and that deities such as El, Baal and Asherah, far from being alien to the Israelites, formed part of their heritage
The_Early_History_of_God
2005 book by William G. Dever
name was Asherah, and that she was part of the Canaanite pantheon. In the Canaanite Pantheon, there were three great goddesses and Asherah was one of
Did_God_Have_a_Wife?
Female entity in Near Eastern mythology
with what these faiths believe to be her counterparts: Inanna, Ishtar, Asherah, Anath, Anahita and Isis. According to one view, Lilith was originally
Lilith
Motif in art and culture
continuation of Asherah's cultic representation in the temple. Scholars have explored these connections, noting parallels between sacred trees, Asherah, and the
Tree_of_life
American archaeologist and Bible scholar (born 1933)
Religion in Ancient Israel (2005), for the persistence of the veneration of Asherah in the everyday religion of "ordinary people" in ancient Israel and Judah
William_G._Dever
Archaeological site in the Sinai Peninsula
the inscription and suggested that they represent Yahweh and the goddess Asherah was gradually almost abandoned – the seven scholars who have presented
Kuntillet_Ajrud
Title given to ancient sky goddesses
to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Nut, Astarte, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah). In Greco-Roman times, Hera and Juno bore this
Queen_of_Heaven_(antiquity)
Large upright stone placed by humans
Obelix, who is known for carrying menhirs, as a sculptor and deliveryman. Asherah pole – Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring goddess Baetyl – Type of
Menhir
Ancient Egyptian goddess
(e.g., the biblical Asherah) in 1941. Subsequent studies tried to find further evidence for the equivalence of Qetesh and Asherah, despite their dissimilar
Qetesh
Stake or post used in ritual practice
offerings. An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of
Ceremonial_pole
Deity associated with the sky
(for example, ancient Semitic supreme god El and the fertility goddess Asherah whom he was most likely paired with). The following is a list of sky deities
Sky_deity
Overview of the early history of Judaism
kingdoms. Each kingdom featured a divine couple—Yahweh and the goddess Asherah in Israel and Judah—who led a pantheon of lesser gods. By the late 8th
Origins_of_Judaism
Epithet of the storm god Ba'al
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Baal-zephon
Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic and Egyptian war goddess
Iconography of the Syro-Palestinian Goddesses Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah c. 1500-1000 BCE. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Vol. 204. doi:10.5167/uzh-138019
Anat
Edomite clan and an ancient biblical town of northwest Arabia
Teman and his asherah It is unclear if "his asherah" refers directly to Asherah, the consort of Yahweh, or to the ritual items known as asherah poles. An
Teman_(Edom)
Supernatural being
deities, the chief of whom was the god El, who ruled alongside his consort Asherah and their seventy sons. Baal was the god of storm, rain, vegetation and
Deity
Sacred pillar (in the Bible) or Jewish headstone
of a particular kind of sacred grove/"asherah" near the creation of altars (given the use of the word asherah, it is referencing a pagan practice) and
Matzevah
Semitic storm god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Hadad
Phenomena not subject to the laws of nature
One God?: Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah. London: New York. p. 189. ISBN 9780567232120. Retrieved June 28, 2017
Supernatural
In Jewish theology, the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God
and the Matronit. In his book Patai also discusses the Hebrew goddesses Asherah and Anat-Yahu. American poet Gustav Davidson listed shekhinah as an entry
Shekhinah
Archaeological site in the West Bank
[because?] from his oppressors by his asherah he has saved him [written] by Oniyahu" "...by his Asherah ...and his Asherah" Unlike the Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions
Khirbet_el-Qom
Type of sacred standing stone
idolatry that Abraham faced during his own life. Asherah pole, Canaanite sacred tree or pole honouring Asherah, consort of El Black Stone Bema and bimah, elevated
Baetyl
Nomadic tribe in the ancient Levant
use of woven hemp fabric has been linked to the worship of the goddess Asherah. In 2019, Margreet L. Steiner noted the architectural similarities between
Kenites
Biblical prophet and seer
and that the people should not fall into idol worship, or worship of Asherah or of Baal. Samuel promised that God would subject the people to foreign
Samuel
Great Duke of Hell in demonology
goddess Astarte, who was known in ancient Hebrew and Semitic tribes as Asherah, an equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar, and the earlier Sumerian Inanna
Astaroth
Biblical King of Israel (c. 874 – c. 853 BC)
Under Jezebel's influence, he abandoned Yahweh and established Baal and Asherah cults in Israel according to 1 Kings 16:29–33. For example, he allowed
Ahab
with earth and Mother Nature Ashi: a divinity of fertility and fortune Asherah, mother goddess of nature, groves & trees (exiled by Hezekiah) Dosojin
List_of_fertility_deities
destroyed, according to the Book of Judges) Ba'al/Hadad, Moloch, and Asherah. Asherah was worshipped by numerous cultures in the ancient Near East, including
Idolatry_in_Judaism
Biblical garden of God
creator deity El, who lived in a vineyard or garden together with his wife Asherah on Mount Ararat. Another god, Horon, tries to depose El and when thrown
Garden_of_Eden
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
Tašmišu Teshub Tilla Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿal Baʿal Marqod Baʿal Ṣapon Baʿalshamem
Baal
Levantine mythological cycle of stories
The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1300–1100 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (𐎁𐎓𐎍 lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility
Baal_Cycle
Ancient Semitic goddess
alternate verses in Ugaritic texts. (In the same way, the name of the goddess Asherah appears in alternate verses with Elath to indicate that both names refer
Ashima
Topics referred to by the same term
A mount in Judah, between Jabneel and Shikkeron; maybe today's Mughar Asherah Baal Ba‘alat Gebal ("Lady of Byblos") This disambiguation page lists articles
Baalah
Methodology for cultural comparison
Priapus Mutunus Tutunus Prometheus Prumathe Rhea Ops / Magna Mater Nut Asherah Selene Luna Losna / Tiur Isis Silenus Silvanus Selvans Sucellus Thallo
Interpretatio_graeca
Tree in the Quran
related to traditions concerning the burning of the Asherah idol in the Bible. For example, the Asherah idol is described as a "spreading tree", related
Zaqqum
Biblical title given to a queen mother
Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. pp. 186–195. ISBN 9781850754800. Asherah Queen of Heaven Queen of heaven (antiquity) Queen mother Rulers of Israel
Gebirah
Feminine or female deity
associated with the Mother Goddess, Inanna – later known as both Ishtar and Asherah. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was said to have destroyed a tree
Goddess
Major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Melqart
Two pillars on the porch of Solomon's Temple
century Illustration from The compass of the wise, a 1782 Rosicrucian book Asherah pole Bronze laver (Temple) Solomonic column Tree of life (Kabbalah) See
Boaz_and_Jachin
Chest containing the Ten Commandments
Yahweh or a pair of statues depicting both Yahweh and his companion goddess Asherah. In contrast, Scott Noegel has argued that the parallels between the ark
Ark_of_the_Covenant
God of the Moabites, mentioned in Bible
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Chemosh
Triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy"
appellation for the goddess Asherah, and Albright's mentee Frank Moore Cross claimed qdš was used as a divine epithet for both Asherah and the Ugaritic goddess
Q-D-Š
Middle Eastern goddess, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity
elsewhere provide no evidence in support of the misconception that Athirat (Asherah) and ʿAṯtartu were ever conflated, let alone that Athirat was ever viewed
Astarte
The front embroidery of an ashsherrẹh naminal, also called an asherah nahuak.
Egyptian_cultural_dress
Family of birds
of human culture; doves were important symbols of the goddesses Innana, Asherah, and Aphrodite, and revered by the early Christian, Islamic and Jewish
Columbidae
Ancient deity from Syria and Arabia
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Arsu
Greek god of beauty and desire
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Adonis
Ancient people who inhabited Canaan's southern coast
deities worshipped in the area were Baal, Ashteroth (that is, Astarte), Asherah, and Dagon, whose names or variations thereof had already appeared in the
Philistines
Talisman excavated in Syria
the female deity Asherah. "Although other scholars like T. Caster (1942) proposed reading the first god-name as Asur rather than Asherah, Cross and Saley
Arslan_Tash_amulets
Canaanite god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Mot_(god)
Books of the Bible
the Kingdom of Judah, the people set up high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles to foreign gods, and even allow male temple prostitution. The pharaoh
Books_of_Kings
beings the power over serpents. His name is possibly taken from the goddess Asherah or Astarte. Focalor (also Forcalor, Furcalor) is a powerful Great Duke
List of demons in the Ars Goetia
List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia
1967 book by Raphael Patai
veneration of feminine beings. Hebrew goddesses identified in the book include Asherah, Anath, Astarte, Ashima, the cherubim in Solomon's Temple, the Matronit
The_Hebrew_Goddess
Arabic word for God
Tašmišu Teshub Tilla Levantine (Canaanite and Ugaritic) Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Ashima Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿal Baʿal Marqod Baʿal Ṣapon Baʿalshamem
Allah
Moon god worshipped in ancient Qataban
as his attributes included lightning bolts. His consort is the goddess Asherah, and he was served by the oracle-judge Anbay.[citation needed] According
'Amm
Figure of speech of implicit comparison
"The Asherah is part of a jigsaw in weaving together the feminine threads of a religious history that could be an important new breakthrough for women
Metaphor
Syrian god of the evening star
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Monimos
Sexual pleasure device
Queen Mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley" ( Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles
Sex_toy
Topics referred to by the same term
religions Mother goddess, the feminine counterpart of gods in some religions Asherah, wife of Yahweh (Yahwism) or El The Mother of Life a creation of the Father
Wife_of_God
Temporary dwelling used by Israelites in the biblical Book of Exodus
metal menorah with six branches on each side, potentially echoing the asherah, which he thinks was used in the cult of Yahweh. Some interpreters assert
Tabernacle
Jewish feminist religious movement
Kohenets do not worship a separate goddess when they use "Asherah", but recognize "Asherah" as one of the many divine names. The idea of "priestess" is
Kohenet_movement
Late Bronze Age jug from Lachish, Israel
non-lifelike trees are associated with Asherah specifically[page needed] through examples such as the Asherah pole. The jug is considered as important
Lachish_ewer
Ancient goddess of Northern Syria
in Honour of Paolo Xella, 2013, p. 198 S. A. Wiggins, A Reassessment of Asherah: With Further Considerations of the Goddess, 2007, p. 57, footnote 124;
Atargatis
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
the house of Jeroboam, which included the worship of a cultic pole of Asherah in Samaria. The kings of the Arameans, Hazael and Ben-hadad, prevailed
Jehoahaz_of_Israel
Phoenician minor god
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Sakkun
double-barreled, like in Shagar-we-Ishtar or Kothar-wa-Hasis. ʔṯrt w rḥmy Asherah-wa-Rachmai takes this ("binomial") form but is of slightly unclear categorization
Names_of_God
First woman according to the Abrahamic creation myth
Greeks and Their Neighbors in Central Anatolia" (Abstracts) Saul Olyan, Asherah (1988), pp. 70–71, contested by O. Keel Kosior, Wojciech (2018). "A Tale
Eve
Bronze Age god in ancient Syria
Ancient Semitic religion Levantine mythology Deities Adonis Anat Arsay Asherah Astarte Atargatis ʿAṯtar Azizos Baʿalat Gebal Baʿal Baʿal Berith Baʿal
Dagon
Expressions of religion distinct from the doctrines of organized religion
was drawn to the female divine element, which he noted in the goddess Asherah, the Shekhinah, the Matronit, and Lilith. Writer Stephen Sharot has noted
Folk_religion
Fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah
possibly for economic reasons. He restored polytheistic worship of Baal and Asherah (2 Kings 21) in the Temple, and sponsored the Assyrian astral cult throughout
Manasseh_of_Judah
Symbology pertaining to doves
ancient Levant, doves were used as symbols for the Canaanite mother goddess Asherah. The ancient Greek word for "dove" was peristerá, which may be derived
Doves_as_symbols
Belief that there is only one God
Israelites were polytheistic, with their worship including the gods El, Baal, Asherah, and Astarte. Yahweh was originally the national god of the Kingdom of
Monotheism
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