Attar

ʿAṯtar is a deity whose role, name, and even gender varied across ancient Semitic religion. In both genders, ʿAṯtar is identified with the planet Venus, the morning and evening star. ʿAṯtar is a prominent character in the Baal Cycle. It has been suggested that ʿAṯtar as a masculine Venus god was syncretized into the depiction of feminine Venus goddess Inanna in her depiction as having a masculine beard.

Key facts

Deity.name: ʿAṯtar
Deity.god_of: Deity of the Morning and Evening Star
Deity.image: South Arabian - Fragment of a Frieze with an Ibex and Oryxes - Walters 2138.jpg
Deity.caption: South Arabian fragment of a stela depicting a reclining ibex and three Arabian oryx heads, which were associated with ʿAṯtar.
Deity.planet: Venus
Deity.animals: Gazelle (in Syria)Nubian ibex (in South Arabia)
Deity.equivalent1_type: Mesopotamian
Deity.equivalent1: Lugal-Marada, Zababa (through equation with Aštabi), Ninurta (through equation with Aštabi and Lugal-Marada)
Deity.equivalent2: Aštabi
Deity.equivalent2_type: Hurrian
Deity.type: Arabian

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Name
Attestations
Among [[Amorites]]
At Ugarit
{{transliteration|uga|ʿAṯtar}}
{{transliteration|uga|ʿAṯtart}}
Among Aramaeans
{{transliteration|oar|ʿAttar-Šamayin}}
In Africa
In South Arabia
The hunter god
{{transliteration|xsa|Kirrūm}}
{{transliteration|xsa|ʿAṯtar-Šariqān}}
Among Arabs
{{transliteration|xna|ʿAttar-ʾaśyimāʾ}}
{{transliteration|oar|ʿAttar-Muṣurūn}}
In Qedar
{{transliteration|xna|ʿAttar-Šamē}}
{{transliteration|xsa|ʿAṯtar-Kirrūm}}
In Palmyra
{{transliteration|sem-x-palmyren|Bōlʿastōr}}
In Canaan
In Phoenicia
{{transliteration|phn|ʿAštar}}
{{transliteration|sem-x-canaan|ʿAštarum}}
In Moab
{{transliteration|obm|ʿAštar-Kamōš}}
In Israel
Legacy
In popular culture
See also
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==Name== The name appears in various Semitic languages as: the feminine form () in Akkadian; the masculine form (, ) in Arabic; and the masculine form () in Ethiosemitic.