Chemosh
Sign in to saveChemosh (; ) is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Canaanite
- Deity.name
- Chemosh
- Deity.script_name
- Moabite
- Deity.venerated_in
- Moab, Jordan
- Deity.cult_center
- Kirioth
- Deity.image
- Warrior Moab Louvre AO5055.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Possible depiction of Chemosh as a warrior god on the Shihan stele
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Arabian
- Deity.equivalent1
- ʿAṯtar
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19 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Origins
- Iron Age
- Later periods
- Legacy
- Cult
- Functions
- Temples
- Hypostases
- Iconography
- Rites
- Human sacrifice
- Animal sacrifice
- Sanctuary building
- As theophoric element
- References
- Sources
- External links
Chemosh (; ) is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages.
Chemosh was the supreme deity of the Canaanite state of Moab and the patron-god of its population, the Moabites, who in consequence were called the "People of Chemosh". The name and significance of Chemosh are historically attested in the Moabite-language inscriptions on the Mesha Stele, dated ca. 840 BCE. Chemosh is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.