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Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [a] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Al-'Uzzá is a goddess associated with might, protection and love. Equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite, she was an important goddess of the Nabataeans, and a temple dedicated to her was set up at Petra. In the Hejaz, she became the chief goddess of the Quraysh, and a shrine housing three trees once stood in Nakhla.
The Kol and Baiga tribes consider the triangular shape to symbolise the mother goddess 'Mai', variously named Kerai, Kari, Kali, Kalika or Karika. [ 12 ] 9130 BC – 7370 BC: This was the apparent period of use of Göbekli Tepe , one of the oldest human-made sites of worship yet discovered; evidence of similar usage has also been found in ...
These god-stones were usually a free-standing slab, but Nabataean god-stones are usually carved directly on the rock face. [58] Facial features may be incised on the stone (especially in Nabataea), or astral symbols (especially in South Arabia). [58] Under Greco-Roman influence, an anthropomorphic statue might be used instead. [57]
Al-Lat was used as a title for the goddess Asherah or Athirat. [8] The word is akin to Elat, which was the name of the wife of the Semitic deity El. [9] A western Semitic goddess modeled on the Mesopotamian goddess Ereshkigal was known as Allatum, and she was recognized in Carthage as Allatu. [10] The goddess Allat's name is recorded as: [11] [12]
[111] God, as referenced in the Quran, is the only God. [112] [113] Islamic tradition also describes the 99 names of God. These 99 names describe attributes of God, including Most Merciful, The Just, The Peace and Blessing, and the Guardian. A distinct feature between the concept of God in Islam compared to Christianity is that God has no progeny.
The majority of the Nabataean gods were foreign; they were adopted by the Nabataeans. Many of the Nabataean deities were being connected with Greco-Roman gods and goddesses, especially during the time that Nabataea was under Roman influence. The goddess Isis, is an Egyptian deity that was not only seen in Nabataean religion but also Greek and ...
Talismanic shirt inscribed with the 99 names of God as well as Quranic verses and prayers, Turkey, 18th century, Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage. The Arabic names of God are used to form theophoric given names commonly used in Muslim cultures throughout the world, mostly in Arabic speaking societies.