Athtar

E870072

ancient Arabian deity deity

Athtar is an ancient Arabian deity, particularly revered in the Sabaean kingdom, often associated with the planet Venus and linked to war, fertility, and astral phenomena.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Attar (deity)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Arabian deity ⓘ deity ⓘ
associatedWith	astral phenomena ⓘ fertility ⓘ planet Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ war ⓘ
astralAspect	evening star ⓘ morning star ⓘ
attestedIn	Minaean inscriptions ⓘ Qatabanian inscriptions ⓘ Sabaean inscriptions ⓘ
category	Arabian gods ⓘ Venus deities ⓘ fertility gods ⓘ war gods ⓘ
celestialBody	Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	South Arabian religion ⓘ
equivalentTo	Astarte (functional analogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ Inanna (functional analogue) ⓘ Ishtar (functional analogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	giver of agricultural fertility ⓘ giver of rain ⓘ protector of communities ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
linkedConcept	royal legitimacy ⓘ sacred kingship ⓘ
mythologicalType	Venus deity ⓘ
nameVariant	Attar NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿAthtar NERFINISHED ⓘ
pantheonPosition	chief astral deity ⓘ major deity ⓘ
region	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ South Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	polytheism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Ancient South Arabian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	astral god ⓘ fertility god ⓘ war god ⓘ
script	Ancient South Arabian script NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ pre-Islamic period ⓘ
worshipedIn	Sabaean kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshipForm	animal sacrifice ⓘ temple cult ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Saba → majorDeity → Athtar ⓘ

Attar (feminine form) → linguisticFormOf → Athtar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Attar (deity)