Al-‘Uzza

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Al-‘Uzza is an ancient Arabian goddess, venerated as a powerful deity of protection, war, and fertility in pre-Islamic Arabia.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
al-Uzza 4
Al-Uzza 2
al-‘Uzza 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf goddess ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian deity ⓘ
alsoSpelled Al-‘Uzzā ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza

al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
associatedWith planet Venus ⓘ
linked to: Venus

sacred trees ⓘ
star worship ⓘ
stone idols ⓘ
category Arabian goddesses ⓘ
fertility goddesses ⓘ
war goddesses ⓘ
culture Arabian ⓘ
describedAs one of the most revered goddesses of the Quraysh ⓘ
domain fertility ⓘ
protection ⓘ
war ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
knownCollectivelyAs the daughters of Allah ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
majorCenterOfWorship Nakhlah ⓘ
Taif region ⓘ
linked to: Taif Province
meaningOfName “the Mightiest” ⓘ
mentionedIn Quran ⓘ
Quran 53:19–20 ⓘ
partOfTriadWith Manat ⓘ
al-Lat ⓘ
religion pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ
role giver of fertility ⓘ
grantor of victory in battle ⓘ
protector of tribes ⓘ
protector of warriors ⓘ
shrineDestroyedBy Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ
shrineDestroyedUnder Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
statusInIslam considered a false deity ⓘ
worship abolished by early Muslims ⓘ
timePeriodOfWorship before 7th century CE ⓘ
typeOfDeity astral deity ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
protective deity ⓘ
war deity ⓘ
veneratedBy Ghatafan ⓘ
Kinanah ⓘ
linked to: Kinana

Quraysh ⓘ
tribes of the Hijaz ⓘ
veneratedIn pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
worshipPractices animal sacrifice ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ
pilgrimage to her shrine ⓘ
vows and offerings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Hegra → associatedWithDeity → Al-‘Uzza ⓘ
Nabataean inscriptions → associatedWithDeity → al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
worship of al-‘Uzza → hasDeity → al-‘Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Nabataean architecture → associatedDeity → Al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Nabataean religion → centeredOnDeity → al-‘Uzzā ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
al-Lat → mentionedAlongside → al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Manat → groupedWith → al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Dushara → hasConsort → al-‘Uzzā ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Al-‘Uzza → alsoSpelled → al-Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Al-‘Uzza → alsoSpelled → Al-‘Uzzā ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Nabataeans → mainGoddess → Al-Uzza ⓘ
subject linked to: Nabataean
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Abd al-Uzza ibn Zuhra → nameBasedOn → al-‘Uzzā (pre-Islamic goddess) ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
Qur'an 53:1–62 → mentions → al-‘Uzza ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Uzza