Back هدد Arabic ایشکور AZB হাদাদ Bengali/Bangla Hadad (Gott) German Αδάδ (θεός) Greek Hadad Spanish Hadad Basque اداد (ایزد) Persian הדד HE Hadad Croatian
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| Hadad | |
|---|---|
God of Weather, Hurricanes, Storms, Thunder and Rain | |
 Assyrian soldiers carrying a statue of Adad | |
| Abode | Heaven |
| Symbol | Thunderbolt, bull, lion |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Most common tradition:Sin and Ningal, or Dagon |
| Siblings | Kishar, Inanna |
| Consort | Shala, Medimsha |
| Children | Gibil or Girra |
| Equivalents | |
| Canaanite | Baal |
| Greek | Zeus |
| Roman | Jupiter |
| Egyptian | Horus |
| Hurrian | Teshub |
| Deities of the ancient Near East |
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| Religions of the ancient Near East |
Hadad (Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎄, romanized: Haddu), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅎 DIM, pronounced as Adād), or Iškur (Sumerian) was the storm and rain god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE.[1][2] From the Levant, Hadad was introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he became known as the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) god Adad.[3][4][5][6] Adad and Iškur are usually written with the logogram 𒀭𒅎 dIM[7]—the same symbol used for the Hurrian god Teshub.[8] Hadad was also called Rimon/Rimmon, Pidar, Rapiu, Baal-Zephon,[9] or often simply Baʿal (Lord), but this title was also used for other gods. The bull was the symbolic animal of Hadad. He appeared bearded,[10][11] often holding a club and thunderbolt and wearing a bull-horned headdress.[12][13] Hadad was equated with the Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter (Jupiter Dolichenus), as well as the Babylonian Bel.[citation needed]
The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed between 1400 and 1200 B.C. and rediscovered in the excavation of Ugarit, an ancient city in modern-day Syria.
The storm god Adad and the sun god Shamash jointly became the patron gods of oracles and divination in Mesopotamia.
- ^ Sarah Iles Johnston (2004). Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Harvard University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780674015173.
- ^ Spencer L. Allen (5 March 2015). The Splintered Divine: A Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 10. ISBN 9781614512363.
- ^ Albert T. Clay (1 May 2007). The Origin of Biblical Traditions: Hebrew Legends in Babylonia and Israel. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 50. ISBN 9781597527187.
- ^ Theophilus G. Pinches (1908). The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. Library of Alexandria. p. 15. ISBN 9781465546708.
- ^ Joseph Eddy Fontenrose (1959). Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins. University of California Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780520040915.
- ^ Green (2003), p. 166.
- ^ ORACC – Iškur/Adad (god)
- ^ Green (2003), p. 130.
- ^ Gibson, John C. (1 April 1978). Canaanite Myths and Legends. T&T Clark. p. 208. ISBN 978-0567080899.
- ^ Sacred bull, holy cow: a cultural study of civilization's most important animal. By Donald K. Sharpes –Page 27
- ^ Studies in Biblical and Semitic Symbolism - Page 63. By Maurice H. Farbridge
- ^ Academic Dictionary Of Mythology - Page 126. By Ramesh Chopra
- ^ The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia. By Encyclopædia Britannica, inc – Page 605