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Anunit

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was an Assyrian or Chaldmean goddess worshipped by the early monarchs. She is supposed to have resembled the Venus of the Greeks. Anunit was also a star which was identified by the Assyrians with the goddess Ishtar, the daughter of the moon god, Sin.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Anunit'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/anunit.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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