Atargatis
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Atargatis was the chief goddess of northern Syria in classical antiquity. Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but, as the baalat of her city and people she was also responsible for their protection
A Nabataean depiction of the goddess Atargatis dating from sometime around 100 AD, currently housed in the Jordan Archaeological Museum
The reverse of a coin of Demetrius III, depicts fish-bodied Atargatis, veiled, holding the egg (cf. birth of Syrian Venus from egg, §Mythology ) flanked by barley stalks.
The reverse of a coin from Cyrrhestica depicts Atargatis riding a lion, wearing a mural crown, and holding a sceptre.
The fishpond of fish sacred to Atargatis survives at Şanlıurfa, the ancient Edessa, its mythology transferred to Ibrahim.
Astarte
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Astarte is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalent of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar.
Atargatis
…ʿAnat, a war goddess ʿAṯtart, a goddess of the hunt also sharing Anat's warlike role, regarded as analogous to Ishtar and Ishara in Ugaritic god lists and as such possibly connected…
Phoenician statuette figurine of ʿAštart from El Carambolo in Spain
A mask from 4th century BC Carthage of an androgynous, bearded individual, has been argued to be Astarte
Archer Astarte riding a horse on an Egyptian stele
Standard naked idols from Israel and Judea