Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Kahilan" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "Lykurgos" | Greek | The name of a god of N.Arabia, that was supposed to promote fruit bearing trees |
God name "Malakbel" | N Arabia | A vegetation god |
God name "Malakbel" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | vegetation god. Mentioned as the brother of AGLIBOL on an inscription at Palmyra dated to AD 132.... |
God name "Malik (king)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Tutelary god. Known from inscriptions.... |
Goddess name "Manat (fate)" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Goddess. One of the socalled Daughters of ALLAH, she is primarily identified with a shrine (lost) between Mecca and Medina.... |
Deities name "Mandah" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Collective name of gods. Guardian deities, whose chief responsibility is irrigation.... |
God name "Marnas" | N Arabia | A local tutelary god |
God name "Marnas" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local tutelary god. Probably regarded as a fertility deity, his cult was centered at Gaza at the Marneion sanctuary and probably succeeded that of Dagon. He may have been the subject of a colossal statue attributed to ZEUS found near Gaza.See also DAGAN.... |
God name "Nahi" | Arabia | The patron god of Thamud, in northern Arabia. |
God name "Nahi" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Guardian god. Generally of benevolent nature.... |
Supreme god name "Orotalt" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Thought to equate with the northern Arabian god RUDA (Ruldaiu). Mentioned by Herodotus in Hellenic times as a supreme god and possibly syncretized with DIONYSOS.... |
God name "Qasynan" | S Arabia | the god of the of smithies |
God name "Qaynan" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | God of smithies. Known from inscriptions.... |
God name "Qos" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local weather god. Apparently known as the deification of an outcrop of black basalt on the north side of the Wadi Hesa [near Kirbet Tannur]. Also a god of Rainbows. Depicted seated on a throne flanked by bulls. Attributes include a branched thunderbolt held in the left hand. A worshiper is seen offering him an eagle.... |
God name "Quzah (archer)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | mountain and weather god. Probably equating to QOS and worshiped by the Idumaean tribe to the south of Judea as a storm god. Also claimed to have been known near Mecca. Attributes include a bow which shoots arrows of hail.... |
God name "Ruda" | N Arabia | A tutelary god, an androgynous being |
God name "Ruda" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Tutelary god. An androgynous being symbolized by the evening star. Also ARSU (Palmyra).... |