Talk:Astaroth

message: I'm not sure I agree with removing all the modern homages (?). Plenty of other pages have similar ones. Perhaps they would be better called something other than "See Also," though. —Archlords
:Agreed...go ahead and add them back of you want to, but it should go under another section...perhaps "Modern Cultural References" or even just "Video Game References".
astaroth also appears as a playable character in the Soul Calibur video game series.
::One of the items in the list seems a bit dubious..."Astaroth is the name of the concious internet". What the hell?
::Modern cultural references needs an overhaul::
Since there are apparently so many and the section seems very cluttered how about we divide it into multiple categories, Astaroth in film, Astaroth in music, etc. I'll try and sort as best as I can.--TylerXKJ 02:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I'm removing the odd "Systems Malfunction" quote in the "Other" because it seems to be from a home brew RPG thats run on a college campus and not from any form of pop-culture what so ever. If it pops up again, please be kind enough to remove it. PsyckoSama 03:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Systems Malfunction 

message: Apart from no citations, the hardcore repetition of Astaroth's name over and over again is too redundant. Just about every sentence in the cultural references section starts with his name. All of these need to be deleted. (Ghostexorcist 03:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: "In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main..."
I belive the "dragon-like" wings are placed on the wolf/dog/dragon, and not on Astaroth himself.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.240.29.90 (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wings 

message: The Pseudomonarchia Daemonum proves Astaroth is a Christian demon too. Udine2812 (talk) 14:34, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think not - there is no Christian church, group or sect that has ever taught that any Astaroth exists.  The existence of "Astaroth" is not a Christian teaching and never has been.  The only similar name is for the Canaanite idols or totems as explained in the article.  Your link has the same problems as those discussed above: it is not a source purporting to represent any doctrines actually taught by any form of Christianity. Please stop adding the inappropriate "Christian demon" category. Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 15:50, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: November 2013 redux

message: Astaroth is a GODDESS. 
Some of her many names include: Aphrodite, Anat, Artemeis, Ashteroth, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Hathor, Inanna, Ishtar, and Juno. 
“And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinehas{gr.Phinees} his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim. In that day the children of Israel took the ark of God, and carried it about among them; and Phinehas{gr.Phinees} exercised the priest's office in the room of Eleazar his father till he died, and he was buried in his own place Gabaar: but the children of Israel departed every one to their place, and to their own city: and the children of Israel worshipped Ashtaroth{gr.Astarte}, and Ashtaroth{gr.Astaroth}, and the gods of the nations round about them; and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Eglon{gr.Eglom} king of Moab and he ruled over them eighteen years.” Joshua 24:33 Septuagint 
( Septuagint LXX http://qbible.com/brenton-septuagint/joshua/24.html  )
“A’ STAROTH, (the plural of Astarte) or Ashtaroth, or Ashtoreth, a GODDESS of the Sidonians. 1 Kings xi.5. Ashtaroth, in the Syrian language, signifies sheep; particularly ewes, when their dugs are turgid, and they give milk. From the fecundity of these animals, which in Syria continue to breed a long time, the Sidonians formed the notion of a deity, which they called ASTAROTH, or Astarte.
Astarte, the singular number of ASTAROTH, a GODDESS of the Phoenicians. This deity is in Scripture (Jer. Xiv.18) called the QUEEN of Heaven…Solomon had many wives that were sorceresses, was prevailed upon them to introduce the worship of this GODDESS into Israel… ” 
 A Dictionary of the Bible: Or, An Explanation of…. By Isaiah Thomas
https://books.google.com/books?id=jg9BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA33&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6jrWd3KDYAhVP1GMKHaX7CuAQ6AEIUjAH#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20&f=false 
“Moreover, the universe of the ancient religion of Mesopotamia was conceived as being under the control of Baal, the Father God and ASTAROTH, the MOTHER GODDESS. Baal, the Sun-god, was a hot, active, light, immaterial and positive principle; ASTAROTH, the Moon-GODDESS, was cold, passive, heavy, material and negative.”
 From Alchemy to Chemistry by John Read  https://books.google.com/books?id=_sPDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb-73ZiKHYAhVR7GMKHSzXB544ChDoAQgsMAE#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false 
“The Sumerian goddess Inanna, better known by her Semitic name Ishtar, was worshipped all over the Western Lands under different local cultic names. To the Phoenicians and Philistines, she was Astarte; to the Canaanites she was Asherah. She appears in the Old Testament under these names as well as ASTORETH and Anat. These were all permutations of the name Ishtar, the fertility GODDESS and “Queen of Heaven” of the Semitic people.” 
“The worship of Astarte was quite common among the Hebrews and appears in the form of ASTAROTH. In Joshua 24:33 (a verse which does not appear in the King James version but is found in the Hebrew text) she is called Astarte, the “majestic lady” or Astarten kai Astaroth. ASTAROTH is a plural form of majesty and it is OBVIOUS that the word applies to Astarte.”
 page 90-91 Flying Serpents and Dragons by R.A. Boulay https://books.google.com/books?id=2TtOjwtbXG8C&pg=PA91&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6jrWd3KDYAhVP1GMKHaX7CuAQ6AEITDAG#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false 
“Venus Anadyomene…Astaroth GODDESS of the Zidonians” 
(Page 33 Catalogue of the Statues and Busts in Marble and Casts in the National Gallery of Victoria            
 https://books.google.com/books?id=jg9BAAAAYAAJ&dq=astaroth+goddess&source=gbs_navlinks_s 
 
“ASTAROTH, or Astoreth, or Astarte, a celebrated Phoenician GODDESS….She was GODDESS of the woods, the celestial GODDESS, and was also called the “Queen of Heaven” 
 115 Dictionary of the Holy Bible by Augustin Calmet 
https://books.google.com/books?id=v1ga4m9vIhYC&pg=PA115&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb-73ZiKHYAhVR7GMKHSzXB544ChDoAQgyMAI#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false 
Hebrew Word 6253. Ashtoreth 
"Ancient Semetic goddess; Phoenician diety"
"Probably for ashtrah; Ashtoreth, the Phoenician GODDESS of Love" 
 http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6253.htm 
“Perhaps some light may be thrown upon its history by the observations of Adrichomius,* who speaks of the fane constructed by Solomon, upon the top of the Mount of Olives, for the worship of ASTAROTH, the idol of the Sidonians.  The Venus of Paphos was represented by a symbol which had the peculiar form of this crypt; that is to say a eone; but the Phoenician ASTAROTH, and the Paphian GODDESS, were one and the same divinity.”
 Travels in the Holy Land by Edward Daniel Clarke https://books.google.com/books?id=bmhTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb-73ZiKHYAhVR7GMKHSzXB544ChDoAQg9MAQ#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20&f=false 
“ASTAROTH, or Ashtaroth, in antiquity, a GODDESS of the Sidonians. “
“Astarte, the Singular of ASHTAROTH, a GODDESS of the Sidonians, and called, in scripture, the Queen of Heaven.” 
 The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. In Which the Whole Circle of…Edited by Temple Henry Croker… https://books.google.com/books?id=k5jcid_fsa4C&pg=PP203&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb-73ZiKHYAhVR7GMKHSzXB544ChDoAQhMMAc#v=snippet&q=astaroth&f=false  
“GODDESS known as Ester, Esther, Ishtar and/or ASTAROTH”
 The Mania of Religion W.F. Dean 
https://books.google.com/books?id=QKewxb_iGoUC&q=astaroth+goddess&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb-73ZiKHYAhVR7GMKHSzXB544ChDoAQhXMAk  
“Ashtaroth, and (once) ASTAROTH a city on the E of Jordan…doubtlessly so called from being a seat of the worship of the GODDESS of the same name. 
“Ashtoreth, [and once ASTARTE, (aka ASTAROTH)] the principal FEMALE divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal MALE divinity….In the earlier books of the o.t. only the plural, Ashtaroth occurs, and it is not till the time of Solomon, who introduced the worship of the Sidonian Astarte, and only in reference to that particular GODDESS, Ashtoreth of the Sidonians, that the singular is found in the O.T.”
 A-Juttah edited by William Smith 
https://books.google.com/books?id=RhBUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz9rCTk6HYAhUqqVQKHbo2Avc4FBDoAQhTMAk#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false 
“In later Jewish mythology, she [Astarte] became a female demon of lust; for what seems to be the use of the Hebrew plural form of  ʻAštārōṯ in this sense, see Astaroth). 
 http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/asteraoth-greek.pdf  
“The term Astaroth is derived from the name of the Semitic Goddess Astarte, a goddess who appears in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Akkadian sources. She is a cognate of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Because she is connected with forbidden things in the bible, namely with religions that were viewed as false and heretical by the ancient Israelites, Astarte cum Astaroth was demonized along with a host of other foreign deities. She, now a he, has remained a demon ever since – at least as far as most of Western civilization is concerned.”
 Page 49 The Dictionary of Demons: Names of the Damned by Michelle Belanger
https://books.google.com/books?id=n7i7k06rq7IC&pg=PA49&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6jrWd3KDYAhVP1GMKHaX7CuAQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20&f=false 
 
“A good example is the Babylonian mother goddess, Ishtar. A beneficent deity of a very loving and generous nature, Ishtar, also seen as a moon goddess, first became Astarte, then ASTAROTH, one of the fallen angels and one of the highest demons in the hierarchy of hell.”
 Page 276 The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies, and Magic by Migene Gonzalez-Wippler https://books.google.com/books?id=rRUTkulWOAYC&pg=PA276&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6jrWd3KDYAhVP1GMKHaX7CuAQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false 
“She [Venus, the Goddess of Love] was generally worshipped in the territories of Israel by the name of Astarte, or ASTAROTH, or Asterah, or the Goddess of the Groves.” 
 Calmet’s Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible https://books.google.com/books?id=FgM2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP672&dq=astaroth+goddess&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6jrWd3KDYAhVP1GMKHaX7CuAQ6AEIRjAF#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false  
"Juno, therefore, a translation of the Greek Hera, chief of the Goddesses in Greco-Roman pantheon, was the Roman equivelant of the Phoenician supreme GODDESS, ASTAROTH, known to us by the Greek name of ASTARTE, the goddess of fertility for the Semitic peoples." 
 page 321 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=FaVBAAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA315&dq=astaroth+goddess&ots=GLwUZLXakf&sig=RMrIjW5e_4IvGgbdgQeZ9Tv98T8#v=onepage&q=astaroth%20goddess&f=false   
“Evidently, the adaptation of the roles and statutes of divine figures extends over time and space, and across the entire spectrum of deities, whose fate at the hands of popular belief and official doctrine cannot be predicted. Astarte is one case in point of a goddess who has managed to keep a hold on the minds of man from roughly the fifteenth century BC right through to the Middle Ages and beyond: (s)he will be highly instrumental in the destruction of Alexander VI in The Devil’s Charter. The name is found in Ugaritic (‘ttrt for Athtart[u]), Phoenician (‘štrt for Ashtart), Hebrew (Aštōret), Egyptian (‘strt, ‘strt, or istrt) and Greek (Astartē), and consequently related to, and the counterpart of, the Akkadian Aš-tar-[tum?] for Ishtar, the goddess of love and war.  She appears to be the Evening Star, Venus, deified. In Ugarit, as well as in Egypt, she is seen as an armed consort of Baal, although she does not seem to have had a relationship with him. In Egypt, where Seth and Baal are conflated, Seth takes the daughters of Re, namely Anat and Astarte, as his wives. Here, Astarte is a war-goddess. She was also an important female deity in Phoenicia. The goddess further extends her mighty arms into various other Mediterranean cultures: “she became assimilated with the Egyptian deities Isis and Hathor, and in the Greco-Roman world with Aphrodite, Artemis, and Juno, all aspects of the Great Mother.” The Aramaic goddess Atargatis also takes on traits of Ashtart, who retains a life of her own, too. As she is a rival deity to Yahweh, it does not come as a surprise that the Hebrews did not flatter her greatly: 
Hebrew scholars now feel that the GODDESS Ashtoreth mentioned so often in the bible is a deliberat3e conflation of the Greek name Astarte and the Hebrew word boshet, “shame,” indicating the Hebrew contempt for HER cult. Ashtaroth, the plural form of the goddess’s name in Hebrew became a general term denoting GODDESSES and paganism.” 
“It is in this latter form that the name eventually reappears as the one of one of the principal, now male, demons frequently found in occult literature of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance."
 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/750/1/Emmanuel_Bock_--_If_No_Divells_No_God.pdf?DDD11+  
SnowWhite21 (talk) 23:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Change to Title Section: Astaroth DukeSS of Hell, Queen of Heaven 

message: ASTAROTH was a GODDESS until the NEW IDEA of HER being a Male Demon came about in 1458 it would be fitting to have ONE ARTICLE that covered both the GODDESS AND the NEW proposed idea of Astaroth being a Male Demon. 
Quote from Current Wikipedia Page: The name "Astaroth" as a male demon is first known from The Book of Abramelin, purportedly written in Hebrew c. 1458, and recurred in most occult grimoires of the following centuries. Astaroth also features as an archdemon associated with the qliphoth (adverse forces) according to later Kabbalistic texts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaroth
SnowWhite21 (talk) 01:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Change to Page, COMBINING ALL INFORMATION and History ABOUT ASTAROTH aka ASTARTE.  

message: In the Book of Joshua it is a city. 89.134.17.190 (talk) 19:20, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Cities in the Book of Joshua does not mention a city named "Astaroth" Mr Fink (talk) 21:09, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is also a city?