entities: ENT_ARA_DUSHARA

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ARA_DUSHARA Dushara   Pre-Islamic Arabian chief deity of the Nabataeans / sky and mountain god High Deity divine supremacy; mountain; sky; sun; royal patronage; fertility; Nabataean kingdom; aniconic baetyl cult       A           Chief deity of the Nabataean kingdom (Petra; 4th c. BCE - 106 CE); "Lord of the Mountain" (Dhu al-Shara = "he of the Shara mountains"); his aniconic form was a black stone (baetyl); identified with Dionysus by Greek and Roman authors, and with Zeus by others; his cult was carried throughout the Nabataean diaspora to the Hauran, Egypt, and Rome; Healey (2001) documents him as the paradigm Nabataean deity whose Dionysus identification shaped Greek understanding of Arabian religion deity

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