Manat
Nabataean · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Nabataean goddess of fate, fortune, and death, chiefly at Hegra; invoked with Dushara to curse tomb-violators, an Arabian Nemesis.
Domains
- fate
- death
Powers
- Mete out destiny, fortune, and the hour of death
- Curse those who violate the protected tombs
Epithets
- 𐢊𐢍𐢈𐢕𐢈 goddess of fate invoked with Dushara to curse tomb-violators at HegraHegra tomb-curse inscriptions (CIS II) (primary)
- 𐢍𐢀𐢈𐢕𐢈 Manawat / Manotu, the Apportioner (of fate)Hegra (Mada'in Salih) tomb inscriptions; Healey, The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada'in Salih (primary)
Relations
- ally: DusharaInvoked jointly with Dushara in the Hegra tomb inscriptions to curse violators.John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (2001) (secondary)
- equated with: ManātNabataean Manotu of the Hegra tomb-curses and Arabian Manat of the Quranic triad are the same fate-and-death goddess. Preserves fate-lordship; the Hijazi cult-stone at Qudayd has no Nabataean parallel.J. F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans (2001); R. Hoyland, Arabia and the Arabs (2001) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Hegra tomb inscriptions; Nabataean dedications (primary); Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (secondary)