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List of Gods : "Syria" - 116 records

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God name
"MOT (death)"
Canaanite / Phoenician / northern Israel, Lebanon / Syrian coastal regions God of natural adversity. ot is the Canaanite representation of adversity in the natural world. He lives in a pit within the earth and is responsible for its annual death from drought and heat: “he has scorched the olive, the produce of the earth and the fruit of the trees.” He engages in the clåśśic confrontation with the Canaanite hero and national god, BAAL. Though the duel results in Baal's demise, his death is avenged by his twin sister ANAT, who slays Mot, then cleaves, winnows, burns and grinds him with a millstone, in what appears to be a ritual allied to the sowing of seed and harvesting (see OSIRIS). Baal is later restored. The conflict probably formed the basis of an annual ritual drama at the Canaanite New Year which was held in the autumn. In the texts Mot is the son of Il and his mother is AS'ERAH (ATHIRAT)....
God name
"Mammon"
Syriac The god of this world. Mammon was the Syrian god of wealth, similar to Plutus of Greek and Roman mythology. Syriac
Goddess name
"Manuzi"
Syria Goddess of mountains, part of the pair with the weather god Syria
Goddess name
"Manuzi/ Liluri"
Syria A mountain goddess, part of the pair with the weather god
God name
"Mlk-Amuklos"
Syria / Palestine / Cyprus A heroic god known from about 1100 B.C.E.
God name
"Mutu"
Assyria Personification of death and the god of the underworld Assyria
King name
"Nabo or Nebo"
Babylon One of the divinities of the Assyrians, supposed to be the moon. Many of the kings of Babylon åśśumed the name.
God name
"Nebo"
Assyria The god of teaching, writing & wisdom and in
God name
"Nebo"
Assyria A Chaldean god whose worship was introduced into Assyria by Pul.
Goddess name
"Nergal"
Assyrian / Babylonian One of the divinities who ruled the netherworld, a goddess of war & death
Goddess name
"Nikkal"
Western Semitic / Syrian moon goddess. The consort of the moon god Jarih and probably evolved from the Mesopotamian pantheon....
Goddess name
"Ninkarrak"
Assyria Goddess of healing. Assyria
Goddess name
"Ninkigal"
Assyrian the lady of the great region, goddess worshiped in Babylon. The sister of Ishtar and the wife of the Assyrian Pluto.
Goddess name
"Nissaba"
Sumeria Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and astrology. Sumeria
Goddess name
"Qadshu"
Syria Goddess of fertility and sexuality. Syria
Goddess name
"Qetesh"
Syria A goddess of nature, whose cult was orgiastic
Goddess name
"Quades” (the holy one)"
Western Semitic Fertility goddess. probably originating in Syria. She epitomizes female sexuality and eroticism in the mold of ASTARTE. She was adopted by Egypt with the fertility gods MIN and RESEP and became partly åśśociated with the goddess HATHOR. She is usually depicted nude standing on the back of a lion (see also INANA and NINHURSAG A) between Min to whom she offers a lotus blossom, and Res”ep for whom she bears snakes. Her cult followed the typically ancient Near Eastern pattern of a sacred marriage carried out by her votary priestesses and their priests or kings....
God name
"Rakib-El"
Western Semitic / Syrian moon god. Known chiefly from inscriptions circa eighth century BC....
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