Dushara

Nabataean · deity · mythic · deity

Supreme 'Lord of the Shara' and dynastic god of the Nabataeans; aniconic mountain/weather god of Petra worshipped as a stone baetyl.

Domains

supreme sky
fertility

Powers

Stand as dynastic god of the Nabataean kings
Reside aniconically within a squared stone block

Epithets

𐢅𐢈𐢔𐢛𐢀
𐢍𐢀 𐢊𐢄𐢀 𐢊𐢍𐢃𐢈
Actia Dusaria

Relations

spouse: al-Uzza
spouse: Allat
ally: Manat
interpretatio: Dionysus

Sources

Nabataean inscriptions, Petra and Hegra; Khirbet et-Tannur
Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus

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