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A Canaanite fertility goddess — and the wooden poles set up in her honor
lightbulbA Canaanite goddess whose worship poles kept popping up in Israel like spiritual weeds
Asherah was a major Canaanite deity, often worshiped alongside Baal. Her symbols were wooden poles or carved images set up at 'high places.' Israel repeatedly fell into Asherah worship, and the prophets and faithful kings spent centuries tearing her poles down. The word can refer to the goddess herself or the physical worship objects. God's repeated command: cut them down and burn them.