Manat

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Manat is an ancient Arabian goddess venerated in pre-Islamic times, primarily associated with fate, destiny, and sometimes death.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Manat canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf goddess
pre-Islamic Arabian deity
associatedWith death
destiny
fate
fortune
time
consideredDaughterOf Allah
cultEndedBy early Muslims
culture pre-Islamic Arabian religion
gender female
groupedWith al-Lat
al-Uzza
linked to: Al-‘Uzza
hasAlternativeTransliteration Manah
linked to: Manāt

Manahh
Manāt
hasCultObject idol
hasCultSite al-Mushallal
near Qudayd
idolDestroyedIn 7th century
languageOfName Arabic
mentionedIn Islamic tradition
hadith literature
nameEtymology related to Arabic word for fate or portion (maniya/manat)
oneOf three chief goddesses of pre-Islamic Mecca
opposedBy Muhammad
partOfPantheon pre-Islamic Arabian pantheon
religiousRole goddess associated with death
goddess of destiny
goddess of fate
goddess of fortune
religiousStatusAfterIslam considered pagan deity
symbolizes allotted share in life
doom
veneratedIn Hijaz
linked to: Hejaz

Mecca region
linked to: Makkah Province

Medina region
linked to: Al Madinah Province

Yathrib
worshippedBy Arabs
worshippedIn pre-Islamic Arabia
worshipPractice oath-taking
pilgrimage
sacrifice

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Allat associatedDeity Manat
al-Lat mentionedAlongside Manat
Nabataeans mainGoddess Manat
subject linked to: Nabataean
Qur'an 53:1–62 mentions Manat