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The gods Helios and Eros are also found in Nabataean temples. Following the annexation of Nabataea by the Romans, some tombs referred to Greco-Roman gods rather than Nabataean deities, marking a shift in religious practices. For example, in the temple of Qasr, Aphrodite (identified with al-‘Uzza) and Dushara were worshipped. [2]
The major gods worshiped at Petra were notably Dushara and Al-‘Uzzá. [37] Other gods worshipped in Nabatea during this [which?] period were Isis, Balshamin and Obodat [38] The extent of Nabataean trade resulted in cross-cultural influences that reached as far as the Red Sea coast of southern Arabia. [37] [clarification needed]
Dushara (Nabataean Arabic: 𐢅𐢈𐢝𐢛𐢀 dwšrʾ ), also transliterated as Dusares, is a pre-Islamic Arabian god worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh (of which city he was the patron). [citation needed] Safaitic inscriptions imply he was the son of the goddess Al-Lat, and that he assembled in the heavens with other ...
Sabaean inscription listing the gods 'Athtar, Almaqah, Dhat-Himyam, Dhat-Badan and Wadd. Deities formed a part of the polytheistic religious beliefs in pre-Islamic Arabia, with many of the deities' names known. [1] Up until about the time between the fourth century AD and the emergence of Islam, polytheism was the dominant form of religion in ...
The Rulers of Nabataea, reigned over the Nabataean Kingdom (also rendered as Nabataea, Nabatea, or Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabataeans, located in present-day Jordan, south-eastern Syria, southern modern-day Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia.
Outside South Arabia, Hubal's name appears just once, in a Nabataean inscription; [11] there Hubal is mentioned along with the gods Dushara (ذو الشراة) and Manawatu—the latter, as Manat, was also popular in Mecca. On the basis of such slender evidence, it has been suggested that Hubal "may actually have been a Nabataean". [12]
The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ ˌ n æ b ə ˈ t iː ə /) was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, amassing large wealth and drawing the envy of its neighbors.
An altar-base in this temple, is inscribed with the Nabataean dedication: "from Hawyru son of Geram to al-Kutbay." In the Hellenistic era, al-Kutbay was associated with Hermes and Mercury . This Hermes association may have been a misinterpretation [ original research? ] , as Al-Kutbay's distinction as the god of writing may be likened to Hermes ...