Allatu

Allatu (Allatum) is an underworld goddess modeled after the mesopotamic goddess Ereshkigal and worshipped by western Semitic peoples, including the Carthaginians.[1] She also may be equate with the Canaanite goddess Arsay.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cook, Stanley Arthur (1930). The religion of ancient Palestine in the light of archaeology. Oxford Univ. Press, p. 122

References

Encyclopedia of Gods, Michael Jordan, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002


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