Astarte

Definition

Astarte is the Canaanite/Phoenician goddess of love, sex, war, and hunting who developed from the Mesopotamian deity Inanna/Ishtar. She is usually associated with the storm god Baal but seems to have been much more popular. She traveled to Egypt through trade where she was adopted as a war deity and consort of Set.

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Timeline

  • c. 1400 BCE - c. 1200 BCE
    First narrative reference to Astarte appears in the Baal Cycle of the Canaanites.
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