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Also known as Orotal

According to the 5th century BCE Greek historian Herodotus, Orotalt () was a god of pre-Islamic Arabia whom he identified with the Greek god Dionysus:

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According to the 5th century BCE Greek historian Herodotus, Orotalt () was a god of pre-Islamic Arabia whom he identified with the Greek god Dionysus:

Also known as Đū Shará or Dusares (which means "Possessor of the (Mountain) Shara"), Orotalt was worshipped by the Nabataeans, Arabs who inhabited southern Jordan, Canaan and the northern part of Arabia.

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