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(Text by Duane R. Hurst © 2013)
God/Goddess and Brief Description:
Dagon
(Dagan)
grain and fertility god; also worshipped by
Philistines
Meaning:
digan (grain)
El
Caananite creator god; consort of
Asherah
; father of
Baal
,
Mot
and
Yamm
Garden of Gods
located in modern
Lebanon
Gilgamesh
epic hero and fifth king of
Uruk
; honored in
Sumeria
Ishtar
fertility goddess (
Venus
). Likewise worshipped by
Egypt
and
Philistines
. Known as
Astarte
in
Athens
and
Sparta
.
Shamash
Superior Sun (
Saturn
) god during period of revival after collapse of the
Akkadians
and
Babylon
; later adopted by
Parthians
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