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Hadad

deity sky Syrian single tradition · 17

Hadad defeated Yammu and Lôtān in the Baal Cycle. He is depicted as overcoming Têmtum in Syrian seals of the 18th–16th century BC.

↻ synthesized from 17 sources

When

First attested
2500 BCE
Attested period
-2500 – 2020
Historical notes
Depicted on Syrian seals.

Relationships

co occurs with
Tunannu, Ninurta, Rahmanan, al-Raḥmān, rḥmn, Athirat, ʾil-ʾib, Dagnu, Ba'l Ṣapān, Shachar, Shalim, Raḥmayyu, Heracles, Typhon, Melqart, Melicertes, Tyrian Heracles, Mars, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Osiris, Athena, Kronos, Vesta, Ashtart, Ceres, Hermes Trismegistus, Sin, Yarikh, Hadabal, Suinu, Šanugaru, Sin-Amurrum, Teshub, Anu, Adar, Anammelech, Nam-tar, Asherah, Tarḫunz, Tanit, Teššub, Ḥawwat, Shekhinah, rephaim, Tannin, Belet Nagar, Išḫara, Ḫabūrītum, Taratha, Šarruma, Kubaba, Karhuha, Šanta, Sandauarri, Sandasarme, Marwinzi, Marivda, Shamash, Adad, Iškur, Hera, Derceto, Tyche, Artemis Azzanathkona, al-Uzzah, Baalshamin, Horus, Amun, Kumarbi, Baal, Set, Mot, Baʿal, Tiamat, Apollo, El, Artemis (Diana)
enemy of
Têmtum, Yammu, Lotan, Yam
parent of
Malcarthos, Adonis, ʼĒl
syncretized with
Zeus, Jupiter Dolichenus, Adrammelech, Jupiter, Bel, Baʿal, Baʽal Zephon
consort of
Ḫepat, Stargateis, Atargatis
sibling of
Hebat
allied with
Marduk
child of
Dagan, Shalash
manifested by
Baal Zephon, Zeus-Demarous

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (17)
  1. Leviathan
  2. Rahmanan
  3. El (deity)
  4. Melqart
  5. Yarikh
  6. Jupiter Dolichenus
  7. Sandon (god)
  8. Atargatis
  9. Hadad
  10. Set (deity)
  11. Interpretatio graeca
  12. Adrammelech
  13. Asherah
  14. Baal
  15. Dagon
  16. Baal Cycle
  17. Temple of Atargatis

Source passages

“Both the name and the mythological figure are a direct continuation of the Ugaritic sea monster Lôtān, one of the servants of the sea god Yammu defeated by Hadad in the Baal Cycle.”

#2292 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“dedicated to the Aramean god Hadad. In Aramaic, it reads: ‘lh. rḥmn zy. tṣlwth. ṭbh; "merciful god to whom prayer is sweet."”

#3760 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“El (Father of Heaven/Saturn) and his major son, Hadad (Father of Earth/Jupiter), are symbolized both by the bull, and both wear bull horns on their headdresses.”

#11655 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Sanchuniathon also makes Melqart under the name Malcarthos or Melcathros, the son of Hadad, who is normally identified with Zeus.”

#12043 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Daniel Schwemer outright states that next to Hadad he was the main deity of the entire area inhabited by the Amorites.”

#19554 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001