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This is a list of names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Near Eastern Mythology.

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	Description	Separate terms with spaces Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' This field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
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There are 20 names matching your criteria.

ANAT (1) f Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring"... [more]

ANATH (2) f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of ANAT (1)

ANATU f Near Eastern Mythology
Form of ANAT (1)

ASHERAH f Near Eastern Mythology
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea"... [more]

'ASHTORET f Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Mythology
Hebrew form of ASHTORETH

ASHTORETH f Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology
From עַשְׁתֹרֶת ('Ashtoret), the Hebrew form of the name of a Phoenician goddess of love, war and fertility... [more]

ASTARTE f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Greek form of ASHTORETH

CYBELE f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Phrygian roots meaning either "stone" or "hair"... [more]

ERESHKIGAL f Near Eastern Mythology
Means "lady of the great earth" in Sumerian... [more]

INANNA f Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the sky"... [more]

ISHTAR f Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

LILITH f Near Eastern Mythology, Judeo-Christian Legend
Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night"... [more]

NANAEA f Near Eastern Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of NANAYA

NANAIA f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of NANAYA

NANAYA f Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly related to INANNA... [more]

NINA (2) f Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

TANIS f Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of TANITH

TANIT f Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of TANITH

TANITH f Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Semitic roots meaning "serpent lady"... [more]

TIAMAT f Near Eastern Mythology
Means "sea" in Akkadian... [more]

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