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The Forgotten Goddess: Was Asherah Erased from the Bible? - MSNLong hidden or dismissed, Asherah was revered as a fertility goddess and “Queen of Heaven,” with references to her appearing in both temple inscriptions and early biblical texts.
Most ancient Near Eastern societies had a goddess as the main cult figure or at least to complement a male god—Asherah in Canaan, Isis in Egypt, Tiamat in Babylon.
In Canaan, Baal and Asherah, the god and goddess of fertility, were worshiped, along with El, the supreme God, and a whole pantheon of other options.
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In the Middle East many civilisations worshipped a version of the goddess Asherah, the “Queen of Heaven”. Her main symbol was a pole or a tree, which the ancient Canaanites viewed as a signifier of ...
She was also seen as a goddess of fertility, sexual love, and war. She was also known as the Queen of Heaven. Her worshippers raised Asherah poles in her name. They also engaged in what Smith’s Bible ...
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