Qaus

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Qaus is the name of the main god of the Edomites .

The name means "arch", which indicates the original function of a weather god . As a theophoric element, “Qaus” can be found in (Edomite) names throughout the 1st millennium BC. Chr.

The sanctuary was on the Quzah hill in the Muzdalifa plain , now part of Saudi Arabia .

literature

  • Th. C. Vriezen: The Edomitic Deity Qaus. In: Oudtestamentische Studiën , Volume XIV, 1965, pp. 330–353.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient (= dictionary of mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 1). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1965, p. 462 ( online ).