Haubas
Haubas ( Sabaian h (w) bs 1 "suddenly coming" (?)) Was an ancient South Arabian god who lived in the Saba kingdom from the 7th century BC Until the 3rd century AD was worshiped. According to recent assumptions, it may also have been a goddess.
In the invocations of the gods he appears between Athtar and Almaqah , which suggests a high rank. Similar to Athtar, he seems to have been a combative protective deity, the name of the month dhu-Haubas wa-Athtar suggests a close relationship to him , and his symbolic animal was apparently the antelope. However, it is highly uncertain whether he therefore represents a manifestation of Athtar. Significant Haubas shrines were located in ad-Dabir in southern Jauf and in Zalma south of Marib .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Höfner 1970, p. 246. However, the underlying root is not documented in Old South Arabic.
- ↑ Data based on Hermann von Wissmann's Long Chronology
- ^ Walter W. Müller: "Holy Wedding" in ancient South Arabia . In: Andre Gingrich (Ed.): Studies in oriental culture and history. Festschrift walter Dostal . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 15-28 .
- ↑ Höfner 1970
literature
- Hartmut Gese , Maria Höfner , Kurt Rudolph: The religions of Old Syria, Altarabia and the Mandaeans (= The religions of mankind . Volume 10.2). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1970, p. 246 f.
- Maria Höfner: South Arabia (Saba ', Qatabān etc.). In: Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient (= dictionary of mythology . Department 1: The ancient cultures. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, p. 509 f.