Nasr

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ancient Arabian deity pre-Islamic South Arabian deity

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

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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 ⓘ

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

Pre-Islamic Arabia → associatedDeity → Nasr ⓘ

Nasr II → givenName → Nasr ⓘ

Nassar → hasVariantTransliteration → Nasr ⓘ

people of Noah → worshipedIdols → Nasr ⓘ

subject surface form: People of Noah