entities: ENT_EDO_QOS

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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_EDO_QOS Qos   Edomite National deity Thunder Deity thunderstorm; national sovereignty; war; divine bow; Edom       B           National deity of Edom; also spelled Qaus, Qoze, Qôs. The name does not appear as a divine name in the canonical Hebrew Bible — its divine status is inferred from Edomite personal names recovered from Iron Age II and Persian-period inscriptions: Qos-gabr ("Qos is mighty," Edomite king named in Assyrian annals of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, 7th c. BCE), Qos-malk, Qos-yada, and dozens of others found at Buseirah (biblical Bozrah), Umm el-Biyara, Horvat Qitmit, and En Hazeva. The onomastic pattern is the same as Milkom-theophoric names for Ammon and Kemosh-theophoric for Moab: the national deity name embedded in royal and elite personal names signals the deity's supreme status. Qos is generally classified as a thunderstorm deity — the name may connect to the Semitic root *qws (to shoot a bow), suggesting a warrior-archer aspect; alternatively related to Quzah, the pre-Islamic Arabian storm deity. The Horvat Qitmit Edomite sanctuary (7th–6th c. BCE; Beit Arieh 1995) provides archaeological evidence of Edomite cult practice without naming Qos directly. Bartlett (1989) pp. 199-205; DDD Bible, "Qaus" entry. deity

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