Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Kahilan" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "Khadir" | Pre - Islamic north African | vegetation god. He wanders the earth returning to the same spot once in every 500 years and is said to have gained his immortality by drinking from the well of life. Similar in some respects to the Syrian god ADONIS and revered by Alexander the Great. Normally referred to as Al-Khidr (the green one).... |
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" | 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" | 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 "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" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Tutelary god. An androgynous being symbolized by the evening star. Also ARSU (Palmyra).... |
God name "Salm of Mahram (image of Mahram)" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local tutelary god. Correspondence of the Babylonian king Nabonidus (559-539 BC) mentions that this deity was worshiped at Taima, an important trade and religious center where he was head of the pantheon. Gods in the region were often named after local places and personified by a stone stele carved with schematic anthropomorphic features and a winged disc showing strong Egyptian influence. Also Salman.... |
Deity name "Sams" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Sun deity. In the north the being is male, in the south female. Probably derived from S AMAS .... |
God name "Singala" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local god. Mentioned only in name by the Babylonian king Nabonidus, worshiped at Taima and influenced strongly by Egyptian culture.See also SALM OF MAHRAM.... |
God name "Ta ab" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | moon god. He also has an oracular function.... |
God name "Ta'lab" | Arabia | The moon god in pre-Islamic southern Arabia. |