Hadad

Assyrian soldiers carrying a statue of Adad

Hadad (Ugaritic: ๐Ž…๐Ž„ Haddu)), Adad, Haddad (Akkadian: ๐’€ญ๐’…Ž) or Iลกkur (Sumerian) was the storm and rain god in the Northwest Semitic and ancient Mesopotamian religions.

Quotes

  • Ickur splits the mountains, yet he does not split the waterskin.
    • Sumerian proverb, Collection III at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BCE.

See also

  • Anu
  • Deity
  • Indra
  • Jupiter (mythology)
  • Mythology
  • Odin
  • Paganism
  • Thor
  • Zeus

External links

  • Jewish Encyclopedia
  • Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  • Online text: The Epic of Ba'al (Hadad)
  • Kadash Kinahu: Complete Directory
  • Gateways to Babylon: Adad/Rimon
  • Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses: Iลกkur/Adad (god)
  • Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  • Mesopotamian Gods: Adad (Ishkur)
  • Stela with the storm god Adad brandishing thunderbolts
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