There is further speculation that the Shekhinah as a feminine aspect of Yahweh may be a cultural memory or devolution of Asherah. Another such aspect may be seen in the feminine personification of Wisdom in the Book of Proverbs.

Iconography

A variety of symbols have been associated with Asherah. The most common by far is a tree, an equivalence seen as early as the Neolithic.

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