Qos

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Qos is the chief national god of the ancient Edomites, often linked to storm and warrior attributes in the religious traditions of the Levant.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Qos canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
national god ⓘ
associatedConcept control of rain and storms ⓘ
divine kingship ⓘ
protection in battle ⓘ
associatedWith royal ideology of Edom ⓘ
attribute storm deity ⓘ
warrior deity ⓘ
category Levantine deities ⓘ
national gods ⓘ
storm gods ⓘ
war gods ⓘ
comparativeReligion sometimes compared to Baal ⓘ
sometimes compared to Yahweh ⓘ
cultCenter possibly Bozrah ⓘ
possibly Teman ⓘ
cultType national cult ⓘ
culturalSphere Levantine religion ⓘ
domain war ⓘ
weather ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Edomites ⓘ
linked to: Edomite
gender male deity ⓘ
historicalContext Edomite kingdoms of the first millennium BCE ⓘ
iconographyStatus iconography uncertain ⓘ
languageOfName Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Semitic
mythologyStatus myths poorly preserved ⓘ
nameAttestedIn epigraphic sources ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
theophoric names ⓘ
possibleFunction patron of Edomite kings ⓘ
protector of Edom ⓘ
region Edom ⓘ
southern Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion Edomite religion ⓘ
religiousContext West Semitic pantheon ⓘ
role chief national god of Edom ⓘ
scholarlyDiscussion relationship between Qos and Yahweh debated ⓘ
sourceType archaeological evidence ⓘ
biblical-era comparative studies ⓘ
epigraphic evidence ⓘ
status major deity in Edom ⓘ
theophoricElement -qos ⓘ
qos- ⓘ
worshipArea Edomite kingdoms and territories ⓘ
worshipPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ
worshippers ancient Edomites ⓘ

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