Queen of Heaven was a title given to a number of ancient sky goddesses in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, the title was used to describe goddess Anat, Isis, Innana, Astarte, Hera and possibly Asherah, elsewhere, Nordic Frigg also bore this title too.

Queen of Heaven” is still used by contemporary pagans to refer to the great goddess, while Catholics and Orthodox Christians now apply the ancient pagan title to Mary, the mother of Jesus. 

The title derives from the cultural comparisons of comparing the earth with the attributes of mother nature, also being the description which reflects the sin of the woman (Eve) who used her female nature to entice Adam the (male) into the state of eating from the forbidden tree.

Worship of a “Queen of Heaven” is recorded in the Book of Jeremiah, in the context of the Prophet condemning such religious worship as blasphemy and a violation of the teachings of the God of Israel In Jeremiah 7:18:

The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger.