God · Arabian

Dushara (Orotalt)

Dushara (Orotalt), a god of the Arabian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: arabian

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as DionysusHerodotus, Histories 3.8, c. 430 BCEThe Arabians call Dionysus Orotalt; the later Nabataean god Dushara was likewise linked with Dionysus and Zeus.

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book III (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
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