Astarte
Middle Eastern goddess, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity
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Summary
Astarte is a fertility deity[1]. She draws 10,237 Wikipedia views per month (fertility deity category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Spouse: Baal[3]
- Child: Melqart[4]
- Sex or gender: female[5]
- Instance of: war deity[6], Greek deity[7]
- Commons category: Astarte (goddess)[8]
- Said to be the same as: Inanna[9], Aphrodite[10], Ishtar[11], Ba‘alat Gebal[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Astarte[13]
- Worshipped by: Canaanite religion[14], Phoenician religion[15], Sumerian religion[16], Ugaritic religion[17], Punic religion[18]
- Described by source: Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[23], Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Pauly–Wissowa[27], Kościelna encyclopedia[28], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[29], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32]
- Native label: 𒀾𒁯𒋫[33], 𒀭𒀸𒁯𒊏𒀜[34], 𒅖𒁯𒋫[35], 𐎓𐎘𐎚𐎗𐎚[36], 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕[37]
- Different from: Astarte[38]
- Domain of saint or deity: fertility[39], sexuality[40], war[41]
- Derivative work: Astarte[42]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Astarte include she[43], a musical group[44], founded in 1997[45]; Astartea[46], a taxon[47]; Astarte Horn[48], a mountain[49]; and Astartoseris[50], a taxon[51].
Why It Matters
Astarte has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] She is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for her include she[43], a musical group[44], founded in 1997[45]; Astartea[46], a taxon[47]; Astarte Horn[48], a mountain[49]; and Astartoseris[50], a taxon[51].
FAQs
Who was Astarte married to?
Astarte's spouses include Baal[3].