Queen of Heaven was a title given to several ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and the ancient Near East. Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include Inanna , Anat , Isis , Nut , Astarte , and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah ).

The ‘Queen of Heaven’ God pronounced severe judgment on the people of Judah and Jerusalem because they worshiped “the queen of heaven” (Jer. 7:17–20; 44:15–19). Who or what was the queen of heaven, and how did the people of Israel get involved in worship of her?

2023年9月23日 · In Jeremiah 7:18, the Queen of Heaven was an Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, also called Ashtoreth. The latter was worshiped by pagan civilizations but unfortunately, it gradually became popular among the Israelites as well.

Queen of Heaven: Pagan Divinity or Royal Mother of the Messiah? Mark Brumley explains Church teaching on the Blessed Virgin's Queenship, answering the main objections to this...

2023年8月28日 · The idea that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the queen of heaven has no scriptural basis whatsoever. Instead, the idea of Mary as the queen of heaven stems from proclamations of priests and popes of the Roman Catholic Church.

Ishtar, called the Queen of Heaven by the people of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the most important female deity in their pantheon. She shared many aspects with an earlier Sumerian goddess, Inanna (or Inana); the name Ishtar comes from the Semitic language of the Akkadians and is used for the goddess from about 2300 B.C.E. on.

The "Queen of Heaven" referenced in the Book of Jeremiah is a title for the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess Ishtar, also known as Ashtoreth or Astarte. Ishtar was worshiped as the goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex, and she was considered the wife of the chief male deity in these pagan cultures.

Benko avoids anti-Catholic polemics and is sympathetic to the place of the “queen of heaven” in Christianity. That said, he unerringly traces Mary’s roots to the pagan, pre-Christian heavenly queens of Greece, Rome and the wider Mediterranean—those mutable goddesses whose ranks include Artemis, Astarte, Celeste, Ceres, Cybele, Demeter ...

2024年12月29日 · In the Christian tradition, the Virgin Mary emerged as a central figure, venerated not only as the mother of Jesus Christ but also as a divine intercessor. The title “Queen of Heaven” is attributed to Mary, especially within Catholicism, where she is honored for her role in salvation history.

2020年9月17日 · Persephone in her role as Queen of the Dead, who is tricked by Hades to staying in the underworld for six months of each year. The poem also tells the story of Charlotte Salomon who was captured by the Nazi’s and sent to Auschwitz.