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Asherah

Great goddess in ancient Semitic religion. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu. Her name was Aṯeratum to the Amorites, and Athiratu in Ugarit. Many scholars hold that Yahweh and Asherah were a consort pair in ancient Israel and Judah, although others disagree.

Beside the obvious connections between goddesses who sometimes cannot be distinguished, some scholars have found an early link between Asherah and Eve, based upon the coincidence of their common title as "the mother of all living" in Genesis 3:20 through the identification with the Hurrian mother goddess, Hebat. Olyan says Eve (hawwa) is an attested epithet of Tannit/Asherah in the first millennium BCE. Hebrew chwwh is related to Aramaic chwyh and Phoenician chwt "snake". A more Phoenician pronunciation Ḥawwat is Eve in the Punica tabella defixionis.

There is further speculation that the Shekhinah as a feminine aspect of Yahweh may be a cultural memory or devolution of Asherah. Another such aspect is seen in the feminine (grammatically or otherwise) treatment of the Holy Spirit or Sophia. Goddess "aspect creep" can even lap upon male figures like Jacob or Jesus.

A-sa-sa-ra, the Minoan snake goddess's name, is the only word deciphered of Linear A. DNA from the Southern Levant made it to Crete. The emigres influenced island cream ware. Maybe they influenced the Minoan taste for ambiguity.

Several of these pendants employ a metonymic representation in which limited parts of the goddess (ie head, breasts, and pubic triangle stand for the whole.

Vaginal symbols are often used in goddess art. The ubiquitous pubic triangle indicates Asherah and depicts hair. Pubic hair and fertility itself are often indicated by concentrations of dots. Sometimes a triangle is portrayed polysemically as a grape cluster or the yoni shape as the wings of a soaring eagle. See photo with gold jewelry. Some call it omega: "It is possible that the Ω... symbolized the womb."

Flat lighting and en face presentation can lessen the visual effect of the Judean pillar figure's directly protruding breasts.

There are many symbols associated, but the symbols equivalent to the Goddess have been taken for some time to be the sacred tree and the pubic triangle. The lady-tree equivalence is seen in the Neolithic at latest.

The master of animals motif can include chimeric beasts, in this case - a "Throne of Astarte" from Cyprus

The Master of animals and mistress of lions motifs are "almost undoubtedly depictions of the goddess Asherah." The lioness made a ubiquitous symbol for goddesses of the ancient Middle East that was similar to the dove and the tree. Lionesses figure prominently in Asherah's iconography, including the tenth-century BC Ta'anach cult stand, which also includes the tree motif. A Hebrew arrowhead from the eleventh century BC bears the inscription "Servant of the Lion Lady".

The historicity of literal sacred prostitution, particularly in some places and periods, is a controversial topic within the academic world. Historically mainstream historiography has considered it a probable reality, based on the abundance of ancient sources and chroniclers detailing its practices, although it has proved harder to differentiate between true prostitution and sacred sex without remuneration. Authors have also interpreted evidence as secular prostitution administered in the temple under the patronage of fertility deities, not as an act of religious worship by itself. However, scholarship in the 21st century has challenged the veracity of sacred prostitution as a concept, suggesting that the claims are based on mistranslations, misunderstandings or outright inventions of ancient authors.

The Family International (TFI) is an American new religious movement founded in 1968 by David Brandt Berg. The group has gone under a number of different names since its inception, including Teens for Christ, The Children of God (COG), The Family of Love, or simply The Family.
A British court case found and former members claimed they were an authoritarian cult which engaged in the systematic physical and sexual abuse of children, resulting in lasting trauma among survivors. The group has also been accused of targeting vulnerable people

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Arthur Hacker was an English artist of the Victorian era, one of the most interesting and popular painters of his time.

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Hud. Arthur Hacker
(1858 - 1919)

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