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Also known as Ruda

Arsu was a god worshipped in Palmyra, Syria.

Key facts

Deity.type
Canaanite
Deity.name
Arsu
Deity.god_of
God of the evening star
Deity.image
Ag-obj-6832-001-pub-large.jpg
Deity.caption
Relief showing Arsu from Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos
Deity.planet
Mercury, Venus (as the Evening Star)
Deity.siblings
Azizos
Deity.equivalent1
Ruda
Deity.equivalent1_type
Arabia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
deity
Gender
male
Sibling
Azizos
Image
Ag-obj-6832-001-pub-large.jpg
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worshipped by
Canaanite religion
Commons category
Arsu
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Arsu was a god worshipped in Palmyra, Syria.

A deity known from Syrian and northern Arabian lands, being represented as either male or female (most often). Arsu was connected with the evening star.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arsu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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