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Middle East mythology may refer to: Mythologies of the ancient Near East. Mesopotamian mythology; Egyptian mythology; Hittite mythology and religion; Abrahamic religions.
Athtar Shariqan is a form of Athtar who was invoked as an avenger against enemies. The word "Shariqan" means "the Eastern One". The worship of this god has spread to the Central Arabian kingdom of Kindah, where his name appears in Qaryat al-Fawt. Attested: Al-Uqaysir Al-Uqaysir is a god whose cult image stood in Syria.
Middle East mythology stubs (1 C, 111 P) Pages in category "Middle Eastern mythology" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Sila (mythology) T. Tannin (mythology) W. Werehyena; Z. Zaratan This page was last edited on 5 October 2024, at 20:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The Ancient Gods: The History and Diffusion of Religion in the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, 1960. Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology Routledge, London & New York, 2003. Pritchard, James B., (ed.). The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Princeton University Press, New Jersey ...
Jewish agriculturalists lived in the region of Eastern Arabia. [192] [193] According to Robert Bertram Serjeant, the Baharna may be the Arabized "descendants of converts from Christians (Arameans), Jews and ancient Persians (Majus) inhabiting the island and cultivated coastal provinces of Eastern Arabia at the time of the Arab conquest". [188]
Deities from the Middle East, a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq Wikimedia Commons has media related to Middle Eastern deities . Deities of the ancient Near East
The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East. The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore. Ibn Battuta tells of a mountain hovering in the air over the China Seas, which was the roc. [1]