Wadd
Wadd was a deity in pre-Islamic Arabian religion. According to 19th century scholar Julius Wellhausen's suggestion, he was regarded as the brother of Hubal.
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When
- First attested
- 900 BCE
- Attested period
- -900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Pre-Islamic Arabian deity suggested to be the brother of Hubal.
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Sources
Source passages
“Julius Wellhausen suggested that Hubal was regarded as the son of al-Lāt and the brother of Wadd.”
#3706 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A trinity of gods representing the sun, moon and Venus is also found among the peoples of the South Arabian kingdoms of Awsan, Ma'in, Qataban and Hadramawt between the 9th and 4th centuries BC...moon deity was variously called Wadd, Amm and Sin.”
#3785 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Wadd is mentioned in the Qur'an (71:23) as a deity of the time of Noah. And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa'; nor Yaghuth, and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23) The theophoric name Abd Wadd is attested in the name of Amr ibn Abd Wadd”
#3795 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“And they say: Forsake not your gods, nor forsake Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23) [...] Wadd being worshipped by Kalb [...] Wadd was worshipped in the form of a man”
#3802 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“There, the deity associated with Venus was Astarte, the sun deity was Yam, and moon deity was variously called Wadd, Amm and Sin.”
#16017 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001