Edomite religion

E148296

Edomite religion was the polytheistic belief system of the ancient Edomites, centered on the worship of deities such as Qos and influenced by neighboring Canaanite and Israelite religious traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Edomite religion canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient religion
polytheistic religion
associatedWithPeople Edom
surface form: Edomites of Seir
attestedIn Edomite inscriptions
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Northwest Semitic inscriptions
declinedBy Hellenistic period
follows polytheism
geographicContext Levant region
surface form: southern Levant
hasCulticPractice sacrifice
use of altars
votive offerings
hasCulticSiteType high places
sanctuaries
hasDeityRoleForQos national protector
storm god
warrior god
hasEvidenceType archaeological evidence
biblical references
epigraphic evidence
hasTheologicalConcept national god
influencedBy Canaanite religion
Yahwism
surface form: Israelite religion
languageContext Edomite language
languageFamilyContext Northwest Semitic
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
mainDeity Qos
nationalGod Qos
partOf ancient Near Eastern religions
practicedBy Edom
surface form: Edomites
practicedIn Edom
Negev desert
surface form: Negev region

Transjordan
surface form: southern Transjordan
relatedTo Ammonite religion
Moabite religion
sharesCulturalSphereWith Levantine religions
sharesDeity Asherah
Baal
El
sharesMotifsWith Canaanite religion
surface form: West Semitic religion
sharesPantheonFeaturesWith Canaanite religion
timePeriod Iron Age
first millennium BCE
usesTheonym Qos
worships Asherah
Baal
El
Qos
other Canaanite deities

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Edomite associatedWithReligion Edomite religion