Attar (in Ugaritic and Sudarian language,'ṯtr), also known as Athtar, Athar, Astar or Ashtar is the god of the morning star (Venus) in Western Semitic mythology and corresponds to the goddess Istar in Mesopotamia, associated also to Venus.

A Canaanite legend says he tried to usurp the throne of the storm god Baal, but he can not. In the semi-arid regions of western Asia he was sometimes worshiped as the god of rain, by providing through the storms, the rain that watered the fields. Its feminine counterpart is the Phoenician Astarte.

In regions further south, it is probably known as Dhu-Samani. Attar was also worshiped in southern Arabia in pre-Islamic times, where he was the chief god of the pantheon. There he would have replaced the ancient supreme deity Semitic El.

As a god of war, he was often referred to as "He who is brave in battle". One of its symbols was the spearhead and the antelope was its sacred animal. When he was named Sharīqān, "the oriental" (possibly a to power over Venus as the morning star), he was invoked as an avenger in the face of enemies. Bibliography

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