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"Asherah, the Shekinah, consort and beloved of Yahweh. God-the-Mother. Her sacred pillars or poles once stood right beside Yahweh’s altar, embracing it. Moses and Aaron both carried one of these Asherah . . ." http://www.northernway.org/hgoddess.html Painting by Jonathon Earl Bowser.
Asherah, goddess of fertility was closely associated in Canaanite worship with Baal. Usually a pole or tree was erected in memory of Asherah close to the altar of Baal. Asherah´s worship involved some sexual practises to bring rain and to quicken the ability of animals and people to reproduce. She is invoked at childbirth and also at planting time. She is associated with sacred groves, and depicted as a long haired woman riding a lion and holding lillies and snakes.
Stella Maris; Slide 88
Ishtar Mother Goddess | and ishtar so god s wife is queen of earth sea and heaven just as god ...
Asherah- canaanite myth: she is the progenitress of the gods and consort of El.
Asherah, Part I: The lost bride of Yahweh
Part 1 https://thequeenofheaven.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/asherah-part-i-the-lost-bride-of-yahweh/ Part 2 https://thequeenofheaven.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/asherah-part-ii-the-serpents-bride/
Asherah, Pillar Goddess of the Hebrews
"Asherah is a tree Goddess worshipped by the ancient Jews. She was likely the spouse of Yahweh & closely related to Athirat of the Canaanites; Her name means 'She Who Walks Upon the Sea', as does Athirat's. She can be shown either as a woman or a tree flanked by animals, billy goats or lions, in the old Eastern motif of Mistress of the Animals; She carries wheat sheaves as an emblem of fertility and nourishment. Behind Her is the green of the sunlit Garden."
Asherah - Wikipedia
Asherah - Hebrew Semitic mother Goddess who appears in Akkadian writings as Ashratum/Ashratu and Hittite as Asherdu and Ugaritic Athirat. She is the wife/consort of Sumerian Anu or Ugaritic El, the oldest deities in the pantheons. Allat is "goddess par excellence". In book of Jeremiah (628 BC) calls her queen of heaven. In Ugaritic texts (1200 BCE) she is "lady of the sea"
Bronze Asherah Statue; Slide 85
Asherah Statue An Asherah tree of life. A column like Children of Israel followed in the desert. Moses’ staff was an Asherah pole.
History
Plaque of Asherah, in Semitic mythology, is a mother goddess who appears in a number of ancient sources. She appears in Akkadian writings by the name of Ashratum/Ashratu, and in Hittite as Asherdu or Ashertu or Aserdu or Asertu. Asherah is generally considered identical with the Ugaritic goddess Athirat.