Gods and Goddesses
Western Semitic
Canaanite
Athirat

TYPE: Fertility Goddess

ORIGIN: Western Semitic (Canaanite)

INFORMATION:
In Old Babylonian texts of Hammurabi she is identified as the daughter-in-law of the king of heaven. She is also known from Pre-Islamic southern Arabia as a consort of the Moon god Amm. See Aserah