Adad (Haddu)

The storm god, who was called Adad in Akkadian, Iškur in Sumerian, Haddu or Adda in West Semitic dialects, Teššub in Hurrian, and Tarhunza in Hittite, was prominent in almost all the cultures and religions of the ancient Near East. In later Syrian tradition, Adad/Haddu was sometimes identified as the son of Dagan, also an important god of agriculture and weather. His role in official and national pantheons transcends the simple representation of the powers of tempest, wind, rain, lightning, and thunder, from which his name probably derives.

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