Arsu
Fertile Crescent myth series | |
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Mesopotamian | |
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Arabian | |
Near Eastern Religions | |
The Levant | |
Arsu was a god worshipped in Palmyra, Syria.
A deity known from Syrian and northern Arabian lands, being sometimes in male or in female (most often) representation. Arsu was connected with the evening star.
Frequently portrayed as riding a camel and accompanied by his twin brother Azizos; both were regarded as the protectors of caravans. His worship is also confirmed by material evidences in Dura-Europos. Elsewhere in pre-Islamic Arabia, he was equated with Ruda (literally benign).
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- Arabian gods
- Stellar gods
- Middle East mythology stubs