Asherah
ancient Semitic goddess
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Asherah
Summary
Asherah is a goddess[1]. She ranks in the top 3% of goddess entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,848 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Among Asherah's spouses was El[3].
- Among Asherah's spouses was Amurru[4].
- A child of Asherah was Shalim[5].
- A child of Asherah was Shapshu[6].
- Asherah's image is recorded as Asherah 13th century BC Israel Museum.jpg[7].
- Asherah is recorded as female[8].
- Asherah's instance of is recorded as goddess[9].
- Asherah's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 69726749[10].
- Asherah's GND ID is recorded as 118848429[11].
- Asherah's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86004361[12].
- Asherah's IdRef ID is recorded as 241679230[13].
- Asherah's Commons category is recorded as Asherah[14].
- Asherah's said to be the same as is recorded as Ninhursag[15].
- Asherah's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01lb1j[16].
- Asherah's worshipped by is recorded as Phoenician religion[17].
- Asherah's worshipped by is recorded as Ugaritic religion[18].
- Asherah's worshipped by is recorded as Canaanite religion[19].
- Asherah's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0005619[20].
- Asherah's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21].
- Asherah's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
- Asherah's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
- Asherah's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
- Asherah's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'uga', 'text': 'רבת אַתֿרת ים'}[25].
- Asherah's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אלת'}[26].
- Asherah's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'בעלת'}[27].
Body
Personal Life
Spouses include El[3], a deity[28] and Amurru[4], a god[29]. Children include Shalim[5], a deity[30] and Shapshu[6], a goddess[31].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Asherah include 214 Aschera[32], an asteroid[33].
Why It Matters
Asherah ranks in the top 3% of goddess entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,848 views/month).[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] She is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for her include 214 Aschera[32], an asteroid[33].