Manāt
deity Meccan paganism single tradition · 2
Manāt is a goddess believed by the Meccans and their neighbors to be one of the "daughters of Allah".
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 600
- Historical notes
- Popular in pre-Islamic Mecca; mentioned in Nabataean inscriptions as Manawatu.
Relationships
- child of
- Allah
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“According to Islamic sources, the Meccans and their neighbors believed that the goddesses Al-lāt, Al-‘Uzzá, and Manāt, and in some cases the Angels, were the daughters of Allah.”
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“the cults of the goddesses ʻUzzāʼ and Manāt...Hubal is mentioned along with the gods Dushara and Manawatu—the latter, as Manat, was also popular in Mecca”
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