Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Basamum" | Arabia | The god of healing in pre-Islamic South Arabia. His name may be derived from the proto-Arabic basam, or balsam, a plant that was used in ancient Medicines. |
God name "Basamum" | Pre Islamic southern Arabian | God of healing. The name probably derives from the remedial plant balsam.... |
God name "Bonchor" | Pre - Islamic Berber / Tunisia | Tutelary god. Probably recognized as a creator deity.... |
Deity name "Datin" | Arabic | A deity worshipped in pre-Islamic northern Arabia. Datin was an oracular deity also åśśociated with oaths and justice. Arabic |
God name "Datin" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | God. Frequently mentioned in inscriptions, but of uncertain function.... |
God name "Haubas" | Arabia | God worshipped in pre-Islamic southern Arabia, particularly Sheba. Haubas's advice was often sought via consultation with oracles. |
God name "Haubas" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Local god. Known from inscriptions.... |
God name "Haukim" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | Local god. Possibly a deity concerned with arbitration and the law.... |
God name "Hilal" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | moon god. Specifically the deity of the new moon.... |
God name "Hubal" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Local tutelary and oracular god. An anthropomorphic figure of the deity in red carnelian still stands in the holy city of Mecca.... |
Goddess name "Ilat" | Arabian | Allat. "The Goddess", a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess who was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca who the pre-Islamic Meccans referred to as "The Daughters of God". |
God name "Imra" | Hindu / Kush | The chief pre-Islamic god of the Hindukush Kafir people. He was worshipped as the god of creation. By his breath, Imra created other gods of Kafir pantheon. Frequent sacrifiices were made to Imra, sometimes for recovery from sickness, seasonable weather, or other material benefits, sometimes from motives of simple piety. Imra was more honored than the other gods at the religious dances. Hindu / Kush |
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.... |