Religion:Almaqah
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Almaqah or Almuqh (Template:Lang-xsa; Arabic: المقه) was the Moon god of the ancient Yemeni kingdom of Saba'. He was also worshipped in Dʿmt and Aksum in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Characteristics
Jacques Ryckmans states,
Almaqah is considered a moon god, but Garbini and Pirenne have shown that the bull's head and the vine motif associated with him may have solar and dionysiac attributes. He was therefore a priest of Ra, the male counterpart of the sun goddess Shamash / Ishtar / Isis, who was also venerated in Saba, but as a tutelary goddess of the royal Egyptian dynasty.[1][2][3]
The ruling dynasty of Saba' regarded themselves as his seed.[citation needed] Almaqah is represented on monuments by a cluster of lightning bolts surrounding a curved, sickle-like weapon. Bulls were sacred to him.
Temples
Both the Barran Temple and the Awwam temple were dedicated to Almaqah.[4]
The Temple of Meqaber Gaʿewa near the Ethiopian city of Wuqro, is dedicated to Almaqah[5] and contains an altar which represents a miniature model of the Great Temple in Yeha.[6]
See also
- Ancient history of Yemen
References
- ↑ Freedman, D.N., ed (1992). "South Arabia, Religion of". The Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6. p. 172.
- ↑ Ryckmans, Jacques (1989). "Le Panthéon de l'Arabie du Sud préIslamique: Etat des problèmes et brève synthèse". Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 206 (2): 163. doi:10.3406/rhr.1989.1830.
- ↑ For similar comments also see Daum, W., ed (c. 1987). "The Old South Arabian Religion". Yemen: 3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix. p. 107.
- ↑ "معبد برَّان.. هنا عاشت بلقيس سبأ" (in Arabic). aljazeera. 24 March 2014. http://www.aljazeera.net/news/cultureandart/2014/3/24/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%91%D9%8E%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A3.
- ↑ Wolf, Pawel (July 25, 2009). "The Almaqah temple of Meqaber Gaʿewa near Wuqro (Tigray, Ethiopia)". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 40. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41224035?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ↑ Nebes, Norbert (2017). "The Inscriptions of the Aksumite King Hafil and their Reference to Ethio-Sabaean Sources". Deutsches Archäologisches InstitutOrient-Abteilung Zeitschrift fürOrient-Archäologie 10. https://www.academia.edu/38709245/63_The_Inscriptions_of_the_Aksumite_King_%E1%B8%A4afil_and_their_Reference_to_Ethio_Sabaean_Sources_in_ZOrA_10_2017_S_357_356. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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