Asherah
Culture & Region
Levant (Canaan/Ugarit/Ancient Israel)
Time Period
c. 2000 BCE onwards (Ugaritic texts 14th c. BCE)
Domains
Fertilitymotherhoodseasacred treesqueen of heaven
Symbols & Animals
Sacred tree/pole (asherim)liondove
Sacred Sites & Cult Centers
- Ugarit
- Sidon
- Tyre
- Jerusalem (contested)
Key Myths & Stories
Consort of El; mother of 70 gods; Lady of the Sea (Athirat)
Related Deities
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