Near Eastern Goddesses
Allat - Near Eastern goddess of the morning and evening stars, the planet venus, and fate.

Anath - The "Lady Of The Mountian."  The Syrian goddess of the earth, sacrifice, and grain and is often seen as a bloodthirsty maiden.  She is the strenght of life and symbolises fertility and the element earth.

Atargatis - Syrian mother goddess who symbolises love, fertility, and the moon.  Usually she is portaryed as half-woman and half-fish.  The animals sacred to here were the fish and the dove.

Asherah - The ruling queen of the Semitic pantheon she was often appeared as a tree.  Her Tree of Knowledge bore fruit feed the spirit as well as the body.  She is a Hebrew feritilty goddess. 

Ereshkigal - Babylonian and Sumerian goddess of the Underworld and death.

Eve - The Phoenecian goddess of the underworld.

Inanna - "Queen Moon."  The Sumerian queen of heaven who ruled over the plantes, stars, light, and water.  Also, she symbolises love, health, the moon workings, and destruction of the indestructable.

Ishtar - The Assyrian goddess of venus, the Queen of Inanna, and is called Ishtar by the Babylonians.  She the goddess of war, passion in love, and war.  Her counterpart is the moon god Nanna and when they are in agreement, there is great happiness, celebration, and mirth.  She appears as a beautiful lady surrounded by lions and will give any deserving man who makes a proper sacrifice a worthy bride.  Her sacred number is 15 and her symbol is the eight or sixteen pointed star.

Lillith - A Hebrew and Sumerian goddess, she was refered to as the hand of Inanna who gathered males into temples for sacred sexual rites.  In the Hebrew tradition she is often the wife of Adam with whom she claimed equality and left as well as a demoness. 

Sarpanitum - The Babylonian-Assyrian goddess of earth, knowledge, wisdom, and the sweet waters.  She is the daughter of Ea and the wife of the great god Marduk.

Siduri - The Babylonian goddess of barley-beer.  Completely known as Ishtar Siduri,her secret craft of brewing provided beverages for special rites.