Manaf
Arabian · deity · pantheon era · Recorded classification
ONCE THE MOST IMPORTANT GOD IN MECCA, AND THE CORPUS DID NOT HOLD HIM. The registry had Hubal, Allat, al-Uzza and Manat — the four the Qur'an argues with — and not the god the sources say once outranked them. His name survives in 'Abd Manaf, the Qurayshi ancestor, which is how a lapsed cult usually leaves its trace.
Domains
- quraysh patronage
- meccan primacy
Sources
- A deity venerated by the Quraysh who, at one time, seems to have been the most important deity at Mecca.: Reference treatment of Manaf: the Quraysh venerated Manaf, and at one time Manaf seems to have been the most important deity at Mecca. (secondary); Ibn al-Kalbi, Kitab al-Asnam (early 9th c. CE) (primary)