Nasr

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Nasr is an ancient Arabian deity, often linked to a vulture or eagle, venerated in parts of pre-Islamic South Arabia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nasr canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Arabian deity
pre-Islamic South Arabian deity
associatedAnimal eagle
vulture
associatedWith idolatry in Islamic tradition
other pre-Islamic Arabian deities
culture South Arabian culture NERFINISHED
deityClass Arabian tribal deity
gender deity of uncertain gender
iconography bird-shaped idol (reported in later sources)
linguisticOrigin Old South Arabian language
mentionedIn Islamic tradition
Quran
pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions
nameMeaning "vulture" or "eagle" in South Arabian context (hypothesized)
quranicReference Quran 71:23
region Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
Yemen (ancient South Arabia) NERFINISHED
religion pre-Islamic Arabian religion
role local tutelary deity (hypothesized)
scholarlyTopic South Arabian epigraphy
pre-Islamic Arabian religion
statusInIslam considered a false god
symbol bird of prey
timePeriod pre-Islamic period
veneratedBy some South Arabian tribes
worshipPlace Himyarite kingdom NERFINISHED
Sabaean realm NERFINISHED
South Arabia NERFINISHED
worshipStatus extinct cult
worshipType polytheistic cult

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

people of Noah worshipedIdols Nasr
subject surface form: People of Noah
Nasr II givenName Nasr