Ashima (; ) is an ancient Semitic goddess.
Ashima (; ) is an ancient Semitic goddess.
==Ancient Middle East== Ashima was a West Semitic goddess of fate related to the Akkadian goddess Shimti ("fate"), who was a goddess in her own right but also a title of other goddesses such as Damkina and Ishtar. Damkina, for example, was titled banat shimti, "creator of fate". The name Ashima could be translated as "the name, portion, or lot" depending on context. It is related to the same root as the Arabian qisma and the Turkish kismet. Asima was one of several deities worshipped in the individual cities of Samaria who are mentioned specifically by name in 2 Kings () in the Hebrew Bible.
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