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Hadad | |
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God of Weather, Hurricanes, Storms, Thunder and Rain | |
![]() Assyrian soldiers carrying a statue of Adad | |
Abode | Heaven |
Symbol | Thunderbolt, bull, lion |
Genealogy | |
Parents | Most common tradition:Sin and Ningal, or Dagon |
Siblings | Kishar, Inanna |
Consort | Shala, Medimsha |
Children | Gibil or Girra |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Zeus |
Roman equivalent | Jupiter |
Canaanite equivalent | Baal |
Egyptian equivalent | Horus |
Hurrian equivalent | Teshub |
Deities of the ancient Near East |
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Religions of the ancient Near East |
Hadad (Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎄, romanized: Haddu), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅎 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.[1][2] From the Levant, Hadad was introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he became known as the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) god Adad.[3][4][5][6] Adad and Iškur are usually written with the logogram 𒀭𒅎 dIM[7]—the same symbol used for the Hurrian god Teshub.[8] Hadad was also called Pidar, Rapiu, Baal-Zephon,[9] or often simply Baʿal (Lord), but this title was also used for other gods. The bull was the symbolic animal of Hadad. He appeared bearded,[10][11] often holding a club and thunderbolt and wearing a bull-horned headdress.[12][13] Hadad was equated with the Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter (Jupiter Dolichenus), as well as the Babylonian Bel.[citation needed]
The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed between 1400 and 1200 B.C. and rediscovered in the excavation of Ugarit, an ancient city in modern-day Syria.
The storm god Adad and the sun god Shamash jointly became the patron gods of oracles and divination in Mesopotamia.