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| | Adad - www.GatewaysToBabylon.com |
 | | Adad (the Canaanite Hadad, the Hurrian Teshub, the Egyptian Resheph, Rimmon, the Phoenician Baal/Bel, the Sumerian Ishkur) is the Mesopotamian storm god, the Lord of the Natural World of Elements, Prince/ Master of the Earth and the Earth Shaker, Lord of the Clouds and Rains, gentle or destructive, such as the spring showers, |
 | | In the second millennium Before Common Era, Adad was the city god of Halab (Aleppo) but in other areas of Syria especially in the West, he merged with other weather gods, such as Baal and Dagan. |
 | | His is fundamentally a dynamic force, and in iconography Adad is often depicted striding forward, wearing either a cylindrical crown or a horned helmet adorned with golden stars and short wrap kilt, carrying a mace and spear or lightning-bolt staff. |
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