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Ancient Semitic religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ancient Semitic religion spans the polytheistic religions of the Semitic speaking peoples of the Ancient Near East. Its origins are intertwined with earlier (Sumerian) Mesopotamian mythology. As Semi...
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Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium; THEME: "WALK OF FAME" (4D: Theme of this puzzle) - puzzle also features HOLLYWOOD / BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, circled squares you can connect alphabetically into the shape of a star, and a "STAR" rebus that creates an honest-to-god WALK ... 7D: Ancient Semitic fertility goddess (A STAR te)
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Ashtart is a Semitic Goddess of Love and War and the Canaanite Great Goddess who is the cult partner of Ba'al ("the King"). Semitic describes a group of languages, ... She is the Deity of the Planet Venus and a Fertility Goddess, and Her cult was known throughout the ancient world for its practice of temple prostitution.
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The tangled strands of the legends may point to an ancient practice of sacred marriage, in which the King or Lord ("Adon", which is after all a title rather than a genuine name) was ritually wed to the great Goddess Ashtart.
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