Are there any good resources to learn about Amathaounta, Egyptian goddess of the Aegean sea?

Question

Let me start out by saying I'm sorry I put this under world history. Apparently Wyzant doesn't have Egypt, Egyptian Mythology, Egyptian gods, or even just general mythology as topics. World History was the closest subject I could find. You'd think at least a general mythology tag would be available.

This is another little known goddess I have come across recently. Two of her alternate names are Amathaon and Amathaunta which I can't find much on either but I could just be using the wrong search terms. However, yet another alternate name for her is Ashima, who is also a Semitic goddess of fate and listed as part of the Canaanite pantheon, which means there's very little written about her other than biased religious sources since the Canaanites were the "bad guys" in the Bible. And there appears to be no modern books about the Canaanite pantheon so no go getting any books about them from a public library.

Obviously, the most simple answer as far as the Amathaounta/Ashima thing is one culture took the goddess from the other the way the Romans took the Greek pantheon. Either way, I'd love to know more about both sides of this goddess.

Answer 1

When you are dealing with ancient languages (and I"ve studied 5 of them) spelling is always a problem. You have to know what transliteration is used to bring the name into English

Name: Amathaounta

Alternative names: Amathaon, Amathaunta