Asherah as Hebrew Semitic Mother Goddess 

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Asherah, the Hebrew Semitic Mother Goddess who appears in Akkadian writings as Ashratum/Ashratu and Hittite as Asherdu and Ugaritic Athirat. 
She is the wife/consort of Sumerian Anu or Ugaritic El, the oldest deities in the pantheons. Allat is "goddess par excellence". 
In book of Jeremiah (628 BC) calls her queen of heaven. In Ugaritic texts (1200 BCE) she is 'lady of the sea'."
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