Adad
Adad was the son of Dagan and possibly the sibling of Ḫepat. Ḫepat's connection to Adad was the reason for her association with Dagan's circle of deities in Aleppo.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested as son of Dagan during the kingdom of Yamhad.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mot, Tarḫunz, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Pidray, Ninmah, Ea, Girra, Birdu, Turtle, Aya, Ninshubur, Ninmug, Ishum, Kiririsha, Manzat, Inshushinak, Nahhunte, Pinikir, Nannar, Nah, Nanna, Ishtaran, Idlurugu, Ashtart, Nikkal, Šauška, Nupatik, Aštabi, Kumarbi, Pišaišapḫi, Anat, Kušuḫ, Ea-šarri, Shala, Lulal, Latarak, Lugaledinna, Ningal, Dagānu, Dumuzi, Allani, Nisaba, Ningirima, Geshtinanna, Enmesharra, Apantu, almanu, Sebitti, Tašme-zikru, Zababa, Papsukkal, Urash, Nabu, Erimbinatuku, El, Yam, Baal, Shalash, Annunitum, Humban, Lagamal, Utu, Gilgamesh, Belet Nagar, Šimige, Išḫara, Hadad, Ninurta, Inanna, Ištar, Nanaya, Sin, Marduk, Nergal
- consort of
- Hipta, Ma, Shala, Sun goddess of Arinna
- sibling of
- Ḫepat, Enki, Utu/Shamash, Inanna/Ishtar
- allied with
- Shamash
- teacher of
- Enmeduranki
- serves
- Anu
- served by
- Anu
Mentioned by
- El
- Yam
- Baal
- Shalash
- Annunitum
- Humban
- Lagamal
- Utu
- Gilgamesh
- Belet Nagar
- Šimige
- Išḫara
- Hadad
- Ninurta
- Inanna
- Ištar
and 10 more
Sources
Source passages
“She is also one of the three deities, the other two being Adad and the city goddess of Alalakh...who are invoked in the curse formula”
#9686 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The gods send Adad, Girra, and Shara to defeat the Anzû, but all of them fail.”
#12123 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This function is also well attested for other spouses of popular deities, such as Ninmug and Shala, the wives of Ishum and Adad”
#15760 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nahhunte was worshiped mostly in the west of Elam, in the proximity of Susa, similar to deities such as Pinikir, Manzat, Lagamal, Adad and Shala, However, direct references to worship of Nahhunte are rare in known texts.”
#16957 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Shamash and Adad were jointly regarded as gods of divination, especially extispicy. The connection between the sun god and the weather god is well attested in Mesopotamian sources and goes back to the Old Babylonian period.”
#17267 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001