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Manaf appears in this smashed basalt sculpture in the form of a young man with a clean beard, with braided hair hanging on his shoulders, similar to many of the Arab
Parthian deities of Palmyra and Horan. In Syria, on his chest, the folds of his robe, and the tip of his divine talon, which turns from
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his left shoulder, connects with the right and is tied with it. The inscription reads as follows: 1- O (Zeus Manaf) grant me happiness and abundance 2- Abu Maan, who lived a pious (believer, righteous) offered this altar as an offering to God
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deity and given name that means "elevated". Personal names incorporating the name Manaf such as "Abd Manaf" show that the deity was widespread among the tribes of
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inscriptions, and there were altars dedicated to him at
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describing ʿAt̲h̲ar-Venus at its zenith, as opposed to
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indicates that this practice was common to all idols.
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815:معجم آلهة العرب قبل الإسلام
545:Kitab al-Bad'i wa al-Tarikh
36:Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
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611:Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi
527:of the sun, as opposed to
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587:- Pre-Islamic leader of
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507:“the exalted”, an
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24:myth series
870:Categories
689:References
549:al-Maqdisi
529:ms̲h̲rḳtym
502:Qatabanite
482:Arab world
430:cult image
298:Nabū, Nebo
241:Baalshamin
171:Theandrios
755:889956519
561:Jahiliyya
488:Etymology
419:Volubilis
407:Dadanitic
391:Al-Tabari
246:Canaanite
233:Atargatis
221:Palmyrene
886:Idolatry
860:, p. 454
858:Mohammed
636:See also
573:Paganism
557:Muhammad
555:bore to
403:Safaitic
399:Thamudic
370:) was a
308:Yarhibol
290:Malakbel
236:(Syrian)
176:al-‘Uzzá
589:Quraysh
565:Quraysh
559:in the
553:Khadija
525:epithet
517:g̲h̲rbn
513:s̲h̲rḳn
509:epithet
423:Morocco
417:and at
413:in the
380:Hudhayl
376:Quraysh
228:Astarte
216:Aglibol
191:Yaghūth
96:Dushara
86:Basamum
71:Almaqah
66:Al-Qaum
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494:maṣdar
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415:Levant
411:Hauran
405:, and
382:, and
364:Arabic
303:Nergal
166:Ta'lab
101:Haukim
81:ʿAṯtar
61:Al-Lat
658:Notes
652:Manāt
647:Hubal
569:Mecca
533:tadūn
521:tanūf
498:n-w-f
395:Mecca
384:Tamim
360:Manaf
266:Egypt
196:Yatha
186:Ya'uq
161:Suwa'
136:Quzah
121:Manāt
116:Manaf
106:Hubal
76:Anbay
56:Abgal
820:ISBN
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751:OCLC
741:ISBN
505:nwfn
453:Zeus
368:مناف
277:Ilah
181:Wadd
146:Sa'd
141:Ruda
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