Adad

Adad in Akkadian an Ishkur in Sumerie an Hadad in Aramaic are the names o the storm-god in the Babylonie-Assirie pantheon. Aw three are uisually written bi the logogram ^dIM. The Akkadian god Adad is cognate in name an functions wi northwast Semitic god Hadad.

Adad
God o Weather, Hurricanes, Storms, Thunder an Rain
Abode	Heiven
Symbol	Thunderbolt, Bull, Lion
Personal Information
Consort	Shala
Childer	Gibil or Gerra
Parents	Nanna or Sin an Ningal
Siblins	Utu, Inanna
Equivalents
Babylonian equivalent	Hadad

In Akkadian, Adad is kent as Ramman ("Thunderer") cognate wi Aramaic Rimmon which wis a byname o the Aramaic Hadad an aw. Ramman wis umwhile incorrectly taken bi mony scholars tae be an unthirlt Babylonie god later identifeed wi the Amorite god Hadad.

Sources

•  This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Adad". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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