Hadad

Hadad (), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian: DIM, pronounced as Adād), or Iškur (Sumerian) was the storm- and rain-god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE.

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Deity.type: Mesopotamian
Deity.name: Hadad
Deity.image: Ramman.png
Deity.caption: Assyrian soldiers carrying a statue of Adad
Deity.god_of: God of Weather, Hurricanes, Storms, Thunder and Rain
Deity.abode: Heaven
Deity.symbol: Thunderbolt, bull, lion
Deity.consort: Shala, Medimsha
Deity.parents: Most common tradition: Sin and Ningal, or Dagon
Deity.siblings: Kishar, Inanna
Deity.children: Gibil or Girra
Deity.Greek_equivalent: Zeus
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Jupiter
Deity.equivalent1_type: Egyptian
Deity.equivalent1: Horus
Deity.equivalent2_type: Hurrian
Deity.equivalent2: Teshub

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Adad in Akkad and Sumer
Hadad in Ugarit
Hadad in Egypt
Hadad in Aram and ancient Israel
Sanchuniathon
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From the Levant, Hadad was introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he became known as the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) god Adad. Adad and Iškur are usually written with the logogram - the same symbol used for the Hurrian god Teshub. Hadad was also called Rimon/Rimmon, Pidar, Rapiu, Baal-Zephon, or often simply Baʿal (Lord); however, the latter title was also used for other gods. The bull was the symbolic animal of Hadad. He appeared bearded, often holding a club and thunderbolt and wearing a bull-horned headdress. Hadad was equated with the Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter (Jupiter Dolichenus), as well as the Babylonian Bel.