v_public_cross_tradition_links: 45

The comparative-religion core — every link where one tradition's figure is received, syncretised, equated, or recognised as a cognate of another tradition's (reception_of, received_as, syncretized_with, identified_with, equated_with, aligned_with, cult_form_of). 577 connections across the religions of the ancient and late-antique world.

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rowid	entity	tradition	relationship_type	linked_entity	linked_tradition	confidence	rationale	source_id
45	Atargatis	Aramean	reception_of	Astarte	Canaanite/Ugaritic	high	Atargatis is the Aramean reception of the West Semitic love/war goddess whose canonical Canaanite/Phoenician form is Astarte (Ashtart). The first element of Atargatis's theonym — Atar — is the Aramaic form of Ashtart/Astarte, making the etymology itself the evidence for the reception. The goddess retains Astarte's core domains (love, fertility, sovereignty) while incorporating additional aspects (sacred fish, prophetic oracles, the galli cult) that develop distinctively in the Syrian Aramean context. The spread of the Atargatis cult across the Hellenistic world replicates the earlier spread of Astarte through Phoenician trade routes. Lipiński (2000) pp. 589-592.	SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS