ASHTORETH


Meaning of ASHTORETH in English

[Other] Also Astarte or Ashtar. The supreme female divinity of the Phoenician nations, the goddess of love and fruitfulness. She symbolized the female principle, as Baal symbolized maleness. The Babylonian and Assyrian counterpart of Ashtoreth was Ishtar.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.