Hadad
Sign in to saveHadad (), 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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Within Vinony's link graph, Hadad is referenced by 513 other articles, and connects out to Baal, Jupiter and Anu.
It sits within the topics Baal, Canaanite religion and Cattle deities.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- thunder deity
- Gender
- male
- Father
- El
- Image
- Ramman.png
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- Commons category
- Baal Hadad
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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