Tyrian Gods

"Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks."

The patron god of Tyre is Melqart, also known as Baal-Melek-Qart-Sor. His consort, Astarte, is:

goddess of fruitfulness;

a female warrior who recalled her lover from death;

a sea queen;

Ishtar in Babylon;

Aphrodite in Greece.

Their temples face each other across a square near the centre of Tyre.

There are also small temples to:

Tanith, Our Lady of the Waves, possibly an avatar of Astarte;

Baal Hammon, comparatively unimportant;

no doubt others.

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If I lived in Tyre, then I would meditate at home and maybe in the temple of Tanith.

I have known Pagans to chant the names of the Goddess:

"Isis, Astarte, Diana,

"Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inana."