Goddess of the Day: Ashtoreth
In Phoenician mythology, she is the Queen of heaven and the goddess of love and fertility. Loved by many, she had counterparts all over the world. A few examples are Ishtar (Babylon), Tanith (North Africa) and… Astarte (Middle East).
She is beautiful and was very popular, even in biblical times. Before Yahweh took over, King Solomon worshiped this goddess and loved her [1 Kings 11:5], and of course Yahweh did not like that so he blamed Solomon’s wives for turning Solomon “evil” even though they had nothing to do with Solomon’s love for this goddess. So it came to be that her cow horns – a symbol of fertility – were made to be a demonic representation.
This misunderstood goddess is sometimes depicted caressing a child or wearing cow horns on her head. She is associated with the moon, and rules all spirits who live in heaven, which are said to be the stars in the sky.
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