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==As a goddess==
==As a goddess==
Asherah was a Syrian goddess, the consort of one of the [[Baal|Baals]], and based in Lebanon. According to texts from [[Ugarit]] she was the consort of [[El]], and the mother of seventy other gods. Thus, she was a fertility goddess. Passages such as 1 Kings 18:19 reflect this idea:
Asherah was a Syrian goddess, the consort of one of the [[Baal]]s, and based in Lebanon. According to texts from [[Ugarit]] she was the consort of [[El]], and the mother of seventy other gods. Thus, she was a fertility goddess. Passages such as 1 Kings 18:19 reflect this idea:
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Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table. (NIV)
Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table. (NIV)