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Goddess Anat name |
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Goddess Anat |
Goddess Anat or Anath was a goddess of the Canaanites, patronne of both love and war, Anat, always described as a pleasant young woman and named the Virgin, was the sister of the Semitic
god Baal. Anat was respected as a goddess of war and military campaigns and was taken by King
Ramses II (1290-1224 B.C.E.) as one of his sponsors. In Egypt, Anat was depicted nude, standing on a lion and taking flowers. In the Ptolemaic Period (304-30 B.C.E.) Anat was mixed with Astarte, accepting the name "
Astargatis". In other eras she was held
Reshef and Baal as checks in rituals.