Nasr

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Nasr is an ancient Arabian deity, often linked to a vulture or eagle, venerated in parts of pre-Islamic South Arabia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nasr canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Arabian deity ⓘ
pre-Islamic South Arabian deity ⓘ
associatedAnimal eagle ⓘ
vulture ⓘ
associatedWith idolatry in Islamic tradition ⓘ
other pre-Islamic Arabian deities ⓘ
culture South Arabian culture ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arabia
deityClass Arabian tribal deity ⓘ
gender deity of uncertain gender ⓘ
iconography bird-shaped idol (reported in later sources) ⓘ
linguisticOrigin Old South Arabian language ⓘ
mentionedIn Islamic tradition ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian inscriptions ⓘ
nameMeaning "vulture" or "eagle" in South Arabian context (hypothesized) ⓘ
quranicReference Quran 71:23 ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Yemen (ancient South Arabia) ⓘ
religion pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
role local tutelary deity (hypothesized) ⓘ
scholarlyTopic South Arabian epigraphy ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
statusInIslam considered a false god ⓘ
symbol bird of prey ⓘ
timePeriod pre-Islamic period ⓘ
veneratedBy some South Arabian tribes ⓘ
worshipPlace Himyarite kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Himyar

Sabaean realm ⓘ
linked to: Sabaean kingdom

South Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arabia
worshipStatus extinct cult ⓘ
worshipType polytheistic cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

People of Noah → worshipedIdols → Nasr ⓘ
subject linked to: people of Noah
Nasr II → givenName → Nasr ⓘ
Intisar → relatedName → Nasr ⓘ
Suwa → groupedWith → Nasr ⓘ
Ya'uq → groupedWith → Nasr ⓘ
Naser → relatedName → Nasr ⓘ