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Ruḍāʾ

deity sky North Arabian tribes single tradition · 4

Ruḍāʾ is a deity of paramount importance in the Arab pantheon worshipped by North Arabian tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia. He served as a protective deity for these tribes. According to modern scholarly interpretations, Ruda was a moon deity.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
700 BCE
Attested period
-700 – 600
Historical notes
First mentioned in the annals of Esarhaddon in the early 7th century BCE and appears in multiple Dumaitic inscriptions.

Relationships

syncretized with
Arsu, Orotalt
co occurs with
Nuhay, Shams, Atarsamain, Nuha, Wadd, Yam, Sin, Azizos, Astarte, Amm
allied with
Resheph

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Arsu
  2. Orotalt
  3. Ruda (deity)
  4. Nuha (deity)

Source passages

“Ruḍāʾ is a deity that was of paramount importance in the Arab pantheon of gods worshipped by the North Arabian tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia. He is first mentioned in the annals of Esarhaddon in the early 7th century BCE”

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