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ID: 901002150
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002150
Record Type: Character/Person

Hadad (West Semitic deity)

Note: God of storms, thunder, and rain, the consort of the goddess Atargatis. Chief deity of the Arameans. His attributes were identical with those of Adad of the Assyro-Babylonian pantheon.

Names:
Hadad (West Semitic deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Hadda (West Semitic deity) (English)
Had (West Semitic deity) (English)
Haddu (West Semitic deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Semitic iconography> (P)
........<Semitic characters> (P)
............Hadad (West Semitic deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Baal
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Baal (Canaanite deity)) [901001895]
counterpart is .... Adad
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Adad (Babylonian/Assyrian deity)) [901002149]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... storms
.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Semitic (culture)
.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Hadad (West Semitic deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 178 ff., 685
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Hadda (West Semitic deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Had (West Semitic deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Haddu (West Semitic deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 178 ff.

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