Hadad

Aramean · deity · mythic · deity

Aramean storm- and rain-god, head of city-state pantheons (Aleppo, Sam'al); thunder-wielding bull-god who grants royal succession.

Domains

storm
kingship

Powers

Command thunder, lightning, and the rains
Bestow the royal scepter of dynastic succession

Epithets

Hadad the Thunderer
Baʿal-Hadad
רמן

Relations

spouse: Atargatis
equated with: Adad
syncretism: Iuppiter
equated with: Baal

Sources

Zakkur stele; Sam'al/Zincirli royal inscriptions; Sefire steles

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