Showerara

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Dushara

Dushara ( Nabatean dwšrʾ; Arabic ذو الشرى, DMG Ḏū š-Šarā  'The one of Shara' or "Lord of Shara"; Greek Δουσάρης; Latin Dusares ) was the main god of the Nabataeans in Petra .

His wife was the goddess Allat . According to Suidas , his idol was a four- foot- high black cuboid on a gold base. Epiphanius (4th century) reports that the god was born from this cult stone ( baitylos ) called Chaabu (Χααβοῦ), who was, as it were, his mother. The name either becomes arab. kaʿba "cube" (see also: Kaaba ) or ḥawwāʾ "Eva". The latter would then have been a mother goddess. Dushara merged with Dionysus throughout history . The god was also safaitischen and Thamudic mentioned inscriptions.

literature

  • Ibn al-Kalbī (Author), Nabih Amin Faris (Translation and Commentary) (1952): The Book of Idols, Being a Translation from the Arabic of the Kitāb al-Asnām. Princeton University Press. US Library of Congress # 52006741
  • John F. Healy : The Religion of the Nabateans (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 136), Leiden etc. 2001.

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