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    goddess Atargatis or Derketo. Atargatis generally appears as the wife of Hadad. They are the protecting deities of the community. Atargatis, wearing...
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  • mentioned that no remains of Atargatis' temple existed. Alexander Drummond noticed walls of a square building which he said was Atargatis' temple and also a base...
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    including the Egyptian deities Isis and Serapis, and the Syrian gods Atargatis and Hadad, which provided a new outlet for people seeking fulfillment...
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  • Atargatis is a German heavy metal band, formed in Regensburg in 1997. Atargatis is the name of the Syrian goddess of fertility and motherhood. Stephanie...
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  • Paidia atargatis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Stefan Lewandowski and Kerstin Tober in 2009. It is found in Jordan. Lewandowski...
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    goddess Atargatis, with a lion on either side of her, and her husband Hadad nearby. A cult standard is depicted between the two deities. Atargatis was the...
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    The Temple of Atargatis in Dura-Europos was one of the main temples of the city. The temple was built in the first century AD, when the city was under...
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    busts of the Northern Syrian goddess Atargatis were identified by Nelson Glueck at Khirbet et-Tannû. Atargatis was amalgated into the worship of Al-‘Uzzá...
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    Samosata notes that they do indeed eat pork for followers of the Dea Syria (Atargatis, the 'Syrian goddess') in De dea Syria, noted in Jan N. Bremmer, "Attis:...
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    dressed in the skin of a fish. Fish were sacred to the Syrian goddess Atargatis and, during her festivals, only her priests were permitted to eat them...
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