Add Ashtaroth, a prominent false goddess.
False Gods Added: Added Ashtaroth to Bon, per Book of Eskra.
Cities, kings, and empires rise, with mortals turning to materialism and war, influenced by false gods like Baal and Ashtaroth.
Cpenta-armij oversees the liberation of Earth from false gods like Baal, Ashtaroth, and Kabalactes.
Baal (claiming to be Zeus) and Ashtaroth dominate Greece and Persia, waging wars.
Looeamong manipulates Baal and Ashtaroth, later establishing Christianity as Kriste.
Baal and Ashtaroth inspire Assyrian (722 BCE) and Babylonian (587 BCE) captivities of Israelites.
But in the three hundred and ninety-seventh year, the Gods Baal and Ashtaroth triumphed, through their familiar spirits, and caused the Israelites to anoint a king to rule over them.
These are typically part of blessings, like "I bless you by Yahweh of Samaria and by his Asherah" or "by Yahweh of Teman and his Asherah." Here’s what they suggest:
A literal goddess, implying Yahwistic worship included a divine pair, not unlike El and Athirat in Canaanite religion.
A cult object, like a wooden pole or symbol representing Asherah, used in worship (some scholars lean toward this to avoid implying polytheism).
The DrawingsAccompanying the inscriptions are sketches on the pithoi, including two humanoid figures (often debated as Yahweh and Asherah) and a cow-and-calf image, possibly tied to fertility motifs.
Syncretic: The Asherah connection and diverse iconography suggest Israelites were comfortable integrating Canaanite elements.
Henotheism: Were these worshippers monotheists who saw Asherah as a symbol, or henotheists who accepted multiple gods but prioritized Yahweh?
Asherah’s Role: Some argue "his Asherah" is just a ritual object, not a goddess, to preserve a monotheistic lens.
The "Yahweh of Samaria" and "Yahweh of Teman" duo, paired with Asherah, paints a picture of a deity still finding his footing in a crowded divine landscape.
Early human societies focused on survival, relying on fertility, storm, and agricultural deities like Baal and Asherah.
The Book of the Laws of YHWH included undisguised narratives of elohim, Elyon the Captain, Shaddai the Destroyer, CH-CH the Dragon, Asherah, Baal, Dagon, the moloch child-sacrifices, and the whole kaleidoscopic memory of the seba hassamayim.
A mother goddess Asherah is often associated with fertility and is considered a consort of El or Baal.
Mentioned in the context of "Asherah poles," which were objects of worship (e.g., Judges 3:7).
(Ashtaroth in the Oahspe Bible)
Did I not the daring Goddess, Ashtaroth, send to hell?
Of the false Gods and Goddesses thus delivered and brought before God, in Paradise, for judgment, the chiefs of them were: Ashtaroth, Dagon, Ashdod, Yotemas, Sathias, Goluth, Plutoya, Itis, Hamgad, Moak, Hoar, Baal, Ennochissa, Kabalactes, Gabriel and Looeamong.
Whilst Ashtaroth was worshipped, I gave unto her.
The which Ashtaroth saw; and, first time of all, after two thousand years friendship to Baal, she became jealous and filled with vengeful wrath.
Yea, I will send my legions also amongst the Israelites, and inspire them that I, Ashtaroth, am the only true Lord and true God.
On the other hand, Baal said: Because of my success, I know Ashtaroth will be jealous and full of anger; therefore, I will place a standing army between her heavens and mine; and if she but dare to molest me, I will send my millions against her heavens and despoil her utterly, that she may be cast in hell!
Her people are divided and broken up, and many of them have become worshipers of the false Gods, Baal and Ashtaroth.
But the great majority of them were worshipers of the Lord and God, believing the Great Spirit was only a large man in heaven, after the manner of Baal, or Dagon, or Ashtaroth, or any other God.
A war will presently result between Baal and Ashtaroth and Dagon and Haughak; and these Gods will not only war in heaven, but they will carry their battles down to mortals.
Take you heed, O Jerub, of the words of your*** God; and whilst Baal and Ashtaroth are in conflict and neglectful of the temples and oracles, possess you them.
And Ashtaroth?
The Lord said: The three heavenly kingdoms, Haractu, Eta-shong and Hapsendi, of the Triunes, were independent, but allianced for offence and defence against the evil Gods, Baal, Dagon, Shulleth, Ashtaroth and others, whose angel subjects were kept in slavery, and for evil purposes.
A triangular was was going on in hada and on earth between the angel armies of Baal, Dagon and Ashtaroth, in which ten thousand million angels were engaged under them.
Ashtaroth, the most vengeful Goddess, had previously sent hundreds of millions of her warring angels down to the apostate Jews, to inspire them to wars and cruelties on one another, hoping, to exterminate them, lest they become Baal's subjects.
Baal, on the other hand, had sent hundreds of millions of his warring angels down to the earth, to Heleste and the west regions, and to the Israelites as well, inspiring mortals to war against the east kingdoms, especially Babylon and Daskrath, two mighty cities in the dominions of the Goddess Ashtaroth.
And the cities of Hemia and Babylon and Nine'vah and Gassakad and Hannedan and Saluem should bow down no more to Baal and Ashtaroth, forever.
Equally menacing were the boasts of the Goddess Ashtaroth; she had said: Whether I despoil heaven and earth, I care not.
Xerxes should issue a decree, abolishing all other Gods but me, Ashtaroth.
So, Ashtaroth concentrated her heavenly warriors into this great and desperate work.
And, since, in those days, the kings and rich men in all those countries consulted the spirits [oracles and pythians], in reference to all important undertakings, it was not a difficult feat for Ashtaroth to obsess the millions of Parsi'e'ans to carry out her project.
Accordingly, Ashtaroth commanded her marshals to summon two thousand million angel warriors, men and women, for the work in hand.
Behold, me, Ashtaroth!
The earth and the heavens are mine, saith Ashtaroth!
Hear you* then the command of Ashtaroth, which is, that you* should go down to the earth, and obsess and inspire the Parsi'e'ans to march forth and destroy all other people on the earth, beginning first with the stronghold of Baal, in Argos, where he hath many sub-Gods under him, where the Argos'yans, not knowing him, call him, Zeus.
Ashtaroth then officered her angel hosts, and sent them down to the earth, and they were distributed by the captains and generals around about Parsi'e.
And so great was the inspiration and obsession of Ashtaroth's angels, that they caused another two and a half million of Parsi'e'ans to go with Xerxes' soldiers.
But an evil Goddess, Ashtaroth, hath come to despoil you.
Now, it came to pass, that many years of war and destruction ensued; but Baal's hosts were too powerful for Ashtaroth.
Thus ended the God-ship of Ashtaroth.
Because Looeamong pursued Ashtaroth in conjunction with Baal, and overthrew her and her kingdom, and cast them into hell, he became as a lion, savage at the taste of blood.
Yea, without leaving them, these faithful angels guarded them from all the warring hosts of angels, belonging to the armies of Baal and Ashtaroth, and to the Triune God, Looeamong, and his hosts.
Third, that I made you* what you are; and by mine own hand helped you* to cast out Baal and Ashtaroth, and all the Roman'yan and Argos'yan Gods.
And you didst promise Thoth, that when he overcame Dagon, Ashtaroth, Baal and other false Gods, you wouldst give to him a heavenly sub-kingdom, with a thousand million subjects.
E.: Have not Osiris, and Baal, and Dagon, and Ashtaroth, appeared in many places?28
For example, in the Mosaic cycle they were, Osiris, Baal, Dagon and Ashtaroth.
Four chief Gods were under him; they were: Baal, Ashtaroth, Dagon and Ashdod.
Ashtaroth, whose dominions extended jointly with Baal over Western and Southern Arabin'ya, sent spirit emissaries to the handsomest of the women of Canaan, and by impression led them into the camps of the Israelites, to tempt the young men, for by these means did the heathen Gods determine to destroy the worshipers of the GREAT UNSEEN.
And many of the Israelitish young men were tempted by the beauty of the heathen women and thus took them for wives; and said wives brought with them their own familiar spirits, who were slaves to Baal and Ashtaroth.
The ark of Bon immediately sent Jerub, an etherean angel, into the Israelites' camp, giving him two thousand inspiring spirits to counteract the labors of Baal and Ashtaroth.
But in the three hundred and ninety-seventh year, the Gods Baal and Ashtaroth triumphed, through their familiar spirits, and caused the Israelites to anoint a king to rule over them.
The familiar spirits now inspired Saul to change the words of the commandments to the LORD YOUR*** GOD, as a conciliatory stratagem to please the nations and tribes of people who worshiped Baal, Dagon, Ashtaroth, Haughak, and other Gods and Lords of the lower heavens.
Elijah said: Summon you your* priests, and your* high priests, who have power through Baal and Ashtaroth and Dagon, and they and their Gods should try in a tournament against Jehovih.
Ahab caused the tournament to take place, and when the priests and high priests of Baal had spread the sacrifice they repeated their invocations for a miracle to prove the power of Baal and the other Gods; but lo and behold, Jerub, the etherean angel, with ten thousand spirits to assist him, prevented any sign or miracle being accomplished by the familiar spirits of Baal and Ashtaroth.
They said: Osiris should go down; and so should Isis and Anubi, and Baal, and Ashtaroth, and Thammus.
Ashtaroth, greedy Goddess, now urged her consort God, Baal, to rush in for the heavenly spoils.
Ashtaroth, cunning Goddess, flew suddenly down to the earth, to the mortal king of Egupt, Pharaoh, and through the oracle proclaimed:
And now, Osiris, the chief remaining head of the beast, turned from the anarchy and hells in hada, to vent his hatred against Jehovih's chosen on earth; and with Baal and Ashtaroth invented new tortures for the non-flesh-eating tribes of men.
For more than three hundred years the God Baal and the Goddess Ashtaroth had driven the foreign kingdoms to war; and in consequence of these wars the Faithists had fled into Egupt, and even accepted servitude rather than be slain elsewhere.
And the angel of Jehovih, speaking in the Father's name, said: To the north-east God, to the south-west Lord, to the north-west Baal; to the south-east Ashtaroth.
--CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHING ON THE EARTH THE NAMES: LORD GOD, AND DE’YUS, AND DYAUS, AND DEITY, AND TE-IN, AND SUDGA, AND OSIRIS, AND BAAL, AND ASHTAROTH.
THIS BOOK OF GOD PERTAINETH TO BOTH, THE EARTH AND LOWER HEAVENS, AND CONTAINETH AN EXPOSITION OF THE LABORS OF THE ABOVE FALSE GODS, AND THEIR FALL AND ENVIRONMENT IN HELLS, ALL SAVE BAAL AND ASHTAROTH.
Then rose Ashtaroth, assistant to Baal, and Lordess of the East Wing of his heavenly place.
Sixth, you, Ashtaroth, should be ruler over Parsa, and its heavenly kingdom, and your title should be ASHTAROTH, of the first rank of GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
The Gods were: Anubi; Hikas, now called Te-in; Wotchissij, now called Sudga; Chele- mung, now called Osiris; Baal, Ashtaroth, Foe-be, Hes-loo, He-loo, Orion, Hebe and Valish.
To win great majesty to himself, and after having sworn to havoc the whole earth in order to establish the name De'yus, and Lord God, he called to his side his five chiefest friends: the Gods, Hikas, falsely named Te-in; Wotchissij, falsely named Sudga; Che-le-mung, falsely named Osiris; Baal, and Ashtaroth.
Ashtaroth said: The work of my legions should be to deal death to your* enemies, O De'yus.
Of the latter, you, Osiris, should have chief command; and you, Baal, and you, Ashtaroth, you**** twain, so linked in love and one purpose, should be the earth managers to Osiris' will.
In the front, dashing madly on, was Baal, and next him, his assistant Goddess, Ashtaroth, followed by their first attendants and high exalted officers.
Beside Baal, on the downward course to the earth, but a little behind him, woman-like, was Ashtaroth, with her thousand attendants, all accoutered to show their high esteem for their warring Goddess.
To the east and west, and north and south, Baal and Ashtaroth spread out their armies, wide as the three great lands they had sworn to subdue unto the Lord God, who, of woman born, was the most presuming son the earth had yet brought forth.
Yea, even though I go down to the earth in person, and with Baal and Ashtaroth go from house to house throughout the world!
Thus prepared Osiris and Baal and Ashtaroth for the third assault on Jehovih's angels.
And next, to thee, Ashtaroth, the Goddess that never tire, or is without a stratagem, for your glorious success I bestow you* with the fete, the circle and the true cross, to be your forever.
And then Osiris allotted to the generals and captains tens of thousands of spirits especially adapted to their respective work; and he placed Baal and Ashtaroth as chiefs over them.
For in all cases, whether Baal or Ashtaroth, or any of your*** superior officers, say to you*: Destroy thou that city, or this city, or that family, or this family, or that man or this man; you should so fall upon the man or place as commanded, and accomplish it.
And Osiris, and Baal, and Ashtaroth, through their angel hosts, chose from amongst mortals the largest and strongest, most war-like, and by means of the oracles, declared them kings and queens, and instructed them in building palaces and having thrones, after the manner of Lords and Gods.
It was thus, that he, too, was summoned to Sanc-tu, in Hored, to meet with Osiris, and Baal, and Ashtaroth, and Sudga, subduer of Vind'yu.
Whilst at the feast, De'yus said to Osiris: Speak you of thy exploits, and of Baal and Ashtaroth and their valorous legions.
The pantheon was led by El, accompanied by his consort Athirat and their seventy children, including gods like Baal, Anat, Yam, and Mot.
Hezekiah also ordered the removal of sacred pillars and the cutting down of Asherah poles.
These objects were often associated with Canaanite religious practices, including the worship of Asherah, a goddess frequently linked with fertility and nature.
Asherah: Asherah, often viewed as a consort of Yahweh in the syncretic practices of the Northern Kingdom, was represented by sacred poles (Asherah poles) and often venerated in conjunction with Baal.
El and Asherah discuss who should replace Baal as king.
Asherah suggests appointing someone who understands the flow of sap, a metaphor for someone wise or capable of bringing fertility.
Asherah proposes Athtar, a crony of Baal, as the new king.
In Canaan, the land to which the Israelites were headed, there were deities like Baal (a storm and fertility god), Asherah (a mother goddess), Molech (to whom child sacrifices were made), and many others.
Existing Gods for Other Cultures: The other gods that are mentioned in the Bible, such as Baal, Asherah, and Molech, were indeed actively worshipped by the peoples surrounding the Israelites.
Other deities such as Baal and Asherah are mentioned in the Bible.
In both the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the Old Testament, deities like Baal, Asherah, Molech, and others are mentioned, especially in relation to the neighboring cultures of Israel, such as the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
Thus, the mentions of gods like Baal and Asherah in the Bible highlight the challenges faced by Israel to remain monotheistic amidst surrounding polytheistic cultures.
While other gods like Baal and Asherah are mentioned, they are depicted as false idols, and their worship is condemned.
For instance, in Judaism and Christianity, the gods like Baal, Asherah, and others are mentioned not because they are believed to exist in reality, but rather because people worship them as false idols.
In the Bible, the mention of gods like Baal or Asherah is not a recognition of their reality or validity as gods.
The Bible refers to gods like Baal, Asherah, and Molech because the Israelites were part of a world in which these deities were widely worshiped by neighboring cultures.
By naming gods like Baal and Asherah and describing their worship negatively, the texts of the Bible reinforce their status as false and powerless in contrast to Yahweh, who is portrayed as supreme and the only true God.
Imagine a community surrounded by neighbors who worship Baal, Asherah, and other deities.
After victory, and after kingship politics with El and Athirat, the craftsman-god Kothar-wa-Khasis builds Baal a palace on Zaphon.