مسجد جامع من اللات‎ (Mosque of Al-Lāt)

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Comment by Isidorus on November 23, 2009 at 10:16am

An interesting thought too. :)

Comment by Coyote Morningstar on September 6, 2009 at 3:25pm

Thanks for the invite and the pic of the triad that I snagged. :)
Seeing the wheat in Allat's hands made me remember that the Arabian peninsula and the middle east used to be much more fertile. Perhaps the people's disappointment and disfavor of the Goddess corresponds with the drying up of the land. Just a thought.

Comment by Isidorus on August 8, 2009 at 7:35pm

Aerinndis,

Here is a site on preislamic arabian paganism that may help:

http://sakina.wikidot.com/arabian-deities

(Not scholarly, but it's the closest I can find right now)

Comment by Aerinndis on August 8, 2009 at 9:22am

Shalm-Allat! Can anyone point me to some good scholarly texts on the topic of Al-Lat? She was only mentioned briefly in passing in my formal studies and I've always wanted to know more.

Comment by Isidorus on August 6, 2009 at 2:12pm

)O(Triple Scheme)O(
Al-Uzza - Maiden
..Al-Lat - Mother
..Menat - Crone

I'm sure that's obvious, but I like to inform anyone who doesn't know.

"May Allat grant every wish."

Comment by Inner Seeker on August 5, 2009 at 11:53pm

Fascinating subject. Ex-husband was from Yemen and while he sucked as a husband - well basically as a human being when we had discussions of Arabic history, particularly pagan worship, he was actually quick knowledgeable. Learned a lot from him. The only decent conversations we had come to think about it. LOL

Thanks again for the invite.

Comment by Isidorus on July 30, 2009 at 12:48pm

Hail our Lady of Mecca!

!إلهة كبيرة
(Allātu Akbar!)
((The Goddess is Great!))

Comment by Isidorus on July 27, 2009 at 3:18pm

Have you thought of Allāt and al-'Uzzā,
and Manāt the third, the other?
These are the exalted cranes,
whose intercession is hoped for.
Sura 53:21

Comment by Azraelwitch on July 27, 2009 at 2:14pm

This is kind of neat, thanks Ragnarok...:)

Comment by shikha on July 20, 2009 at 4:27am

Blessings.

I studied Arabic more than a few decades ago, but, thought this may assist in your quest.

The word for Sun [shams] ( شمس) is feminine in gender. In Arabic nouns have gender denotation. When i learned that so long ago i understood that it must be based on pagan roots.

The word for Moon [quf] ( قم) i do not recall the gender for.

Although Islam, as many Abrahamic religions have also done, eradicated the Pagan roots of the populace, there are still traces here and there that
show up in the language.

Bright Blessings!

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