Manat (goddess)
Manāt (Arabic: مناة Arabic pronunciation: [maˈnaːh] pausa, [maˈnaːt] or Old Arabic manawat; also transliterated as manāh) was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess worshipped in the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 6/7th century. She was among Mecca's three chief goddesses, alongside her sisters, Allat and Al-‘Uzzá, and among them, she was the original and the oldest.
| Manāt | |
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Goddess of fate, fortune, time, death, and destiny | |
| Major cult center | Mecca |
| Abode | Al-Mushallal |
| Symbols | Waning moon, cup of death |
| Region | Arabia |
| Personal information | |
| Siblings | Al-Lat, Al-‘Uzzá |
| Consort | Hubal |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Ananke |
| Part of the myth series on |
| Religions of the ancient Near East |
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| Pre-Islamic Arabian deities |
| Arabian deities of other Semitic origins |
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