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Adad

Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · deity

Storm god of rain, thunder and the destructive tempest.

Parentage

Anu

Domains

storm rain
thunder

Powers

Loosing rain, thunder and flood or withholding them

Epithets

bēl ḫegalli
rāḫiṣ

Relations

sibling: Enki
sibling: Enlil
equated with: Hadad
equated with: Teshub

Sources

Atra-ḫasīs, Tablet II

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