Lah
deity single tradition · 1
Lah is a pre-Islamic Arabian deity. Hugo Winckler associated Allah with Lah, identifying Lah as lunar in nature. This association is part of a theory that is widely rejected by academics due to lack of evidence.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1901 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with Allah in 1901 as a possible lunar deity origin.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“He associated Allah with a pre-Islamic Arabian deity, either Lah or Hubal, whom he identified as lunar in nature. However, opponents have rejected this theory due to its speculative character and lack of archaeological or textual evidence from pre-Islamic Arabia”
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