Atarsamain

SEX RECORDED AS 'unknown', WHICH IS THE HONEST ENTRY. The evidence found names him or her only as the third of a trinity; the Athtar-type deity of the wider Semitic world varies in gender by region, and nothing in this pass settles it here.

Domains

• north arabian trinity

Relations

• of the north arabian trinity with: Ruda
• of the north arabian trinity with: Nuha

Sources

• Reference treatment of the North Arabian deities Ruda, Nuha and Atarsamain: in the inscriptions of the Lihyan and other north-western Arabian tribes the deity Ruda is named as Rdw and is a MALE deity, while in the religion of the Safaitic Bedouin of the Syro-Arabian desert and north-central Arabia Ruda remains a FEMALE goddess; Nuha is a deity worshipped among the northern Arabian tribes, associated with the sun, who formed part of a trinity of gods along with Ruda and Atarsamain. Ibn Ishaq additionally records a house of worship called Ruda' built by the Banu Rabi'a ibn Ka'b of Tamim.