entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_MOA_ASHTAR_KEMOSH,Ashtar-Kemosh,,Moabite,syncretic deity / warrior form,War Deity,war; sacred destruction; Venus-warrior; ḥērem,,,,B,,,,,,"A compound divine name appearing once in the Mesha Stele (line 17): ""And I devoted [the city of Nebo] to destruction (ḥrm) for Ashtar-Kemosh."" The name conflates Ashtar (the warrior aspect of the Venus deity, attested in Ugaritic as a fertility-warrior figure who briefly occupies Baal's throne) with Kemosh. The exact theological relationship is debated: Ashtar-Kemosh may be a compound epithet of Kemosh in his warrior/destructive aspect, a distinct deity subordinate to Kemosh, or Kemosh himself conflated with the Ashtar cult in Moabite territory. Cross (1973) p. 229 interprets the name as ""Ashtar of Kemosh"" — Kemosh's consort or feminine cult partner. The single attestation limits certainty. Dearman (1989) pp. 118-120; KAI 181 line 17.",hero
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,Kemosh,,Moabite,National deity,War Deity,war; national sovereignty; destruction; divine anger; restoration,,,,A,,,,,,"National deity of Moab; also spelled Chemosh, Kamosh. Primary attestation: the Mesha Stele (c. 840 BCE; KAI 181), which names Kemosh nine times and presents him as the supreme deity of Moab — the one whose anger caused Moab's subjugation under Israel, and whose favour enabled its restoration. The theological structure of the Mesha Stele exactly mirrors Deuteronomistic theology: ""Omri, king of Israel, humiliated Moab many years, for Kemosh was angry with his land."" Kemosh commands military campaigns directly: ""Go, take Nebo against Israel"" (line 14). Kemosh receives the spoils of battle as ḥērem (sacred destruction/devotion). Hebrew Bible: Numbers 21:29 calls the Moabites ""the people of Kemosh""; Judges 11:24 records Jephthah's argument that each people holds the land its deity grants; 1 Kings 11:7,33 reports Solomon building a high place for Kemosh on the Mount of Olives; Jeremiah 48:7,13,46 announces Kemosh's exile in judgment. Kemosh is a war and storm deity; later Hellenistic sources equated him with Ares. Dearman (1989) pp. 95-160; Cross (1973) pp. 228-229.",deity