Asherah  

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"The principal design in representation of the yoni was one that was known under the name of Asherah, which is translated and referred to in the Bible as the grove, or groves. This image, which was a symbol of Ashtoreth, or of the union of Baal and Ashtoreth — the male and female procreative deities of the Assyrians, — was generally made of wood, and had in its center an opening or fissure, which was regarded as preeminently sacred, as the Door of Life. Above this fissure was an emblematical representation of the clitoris, divided into seven parts, and around the Door of Life were carved tufts of hair, thirteen in number, indicating the annual fertile periods of a woman." --Sex Worship: An Exposition of the Phallic Origin of Religion

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Asherah in ancient Semitic religion, is a mother goddess who appears in a number of ancient sources. She appears in Akkadian writings by the name of Ašratu(m), and in Hittite as Aserdu(s) or Asertu(s). Asherah is generally considered identical with the Ugaritic goddess ʼAṯirat (Athirat).

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