Qos

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Qos is the chief national god of the ancient Edomites, often linked to storm and warrior attributes in the religious traditions of the Levant.

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Label Occurrences
Qos canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deity
national god
associatedConcept control of rain and storms
divine kingship
protection in battle
associatedWith royal ideology of Edom
attribute storm deity
warrior deity
category Levantine deities
national gods
storm gods
war gods
comparativeReligion sometimes compared to Baal
sometimes compared to Yahweh
cultCenter possibly Bozrah
possibly Teman
cultType national cult
culturalSphere Levantine religion
domain war
weather
ethnicAssociation Edomite
surface form: Edomites
gender male deity
historicalContext Edomite kingdoms of the first millennium BCE
iconographyStatus iconography uncertain
languageOfName Northwest Semitic
surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
mythologyStatus myths poorly preserved
nameAttestedIn epigraphic sources
personal names
theophoric names
possibleFunction patron of Edomite kings
protector of Edom
region Edom
Levant region
surface form: southern Levant
religion Edomite religion
religiousContext West Semitic pantheon
role chief national god of Edom
scholarlyDiscussion relationship between Qos and Yahweh debated
sourceType archaeological evidence
biblical-era comparative studies
epigraphic evidence
status major deity in Edom
theophoricElement -qos
qos-
worshipArea Edomite kingdoms and territories
worshipPeriod Iron Age
first millennium BCE
worshippers ancient Edomites

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