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Chemosh was the supreme deity of the Canaanite state of Moab and the patron-god of its population, the Moabites, [1] [2] who in consequence were called the "People of Chemosh". [3] The name and significance of Chemosh are historically attested in the Moabite-language inscriptions on the Mesha Stele , dated ca. 840 BCE.
Chemosh, possibly one of the sons of El, a god of war and destruction and the national god of the Moabites and the Ammonites. Dagon (Dagan) god of crop fertility and grain, father of Ba'al Hadad. El, also called ' Il or Elyon ("Most High"), god of creation, husband of Athirat. [c] [d] Eshmun, god, or as Baalat Asclepius, goddess, [citation ...
Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab. Mesha also describes his many building projects. [1]
The name occurs several additional times in the Septuagint: 2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Chronicles 20:2, Amos 1:15, Jeremiah 40 (=30):1.3, Zephaniah 1:5, and 1 Kings 11:7. [4] The Masoretic text reads malkam, meaning "their king" in most of these instances. [5] It is likely that the Hebrew text originally read Milcom in at least some of these instances. [6]
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.
Majere - A god of light, also known as the Mantis God, Majere is the god that Rhys used to worship before Rhys forsook him. Beloved of Chemosh - A new vampire-like 'race' created to spread the worship of Chemosh to the young and beautiful. Seducing the living with promises of immortality and invincibility, these undead kill by kissing the heart ...
(The intimate connection between "holy war" and the "one true god" belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars, including Jonathan Kirsch in his book God Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology.) [1] [2]
Kammusu-nadbi or Chemosh-nadab (Moabite: π€π€π€π€π€π€, romanized: KamΕš-nadab [1] [2] [3] or KamΕš-nadbΔ«; [2] [4] Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: π°π¬π’πΎππ, romanized: Kammusu-nâdbi [5]) was the king of Moab during the reign of Sennacherib.