Al-Qaum

Nabataean god of war

Religions of the ancient Near East
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Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
'Amm A'ra Abgal Al-Lat Al-Qaum Almaqah Anbay ʿAṯtar Basamum Dhu l-Khalasa Dushara Haukim Hubal Isāf and Nā'ila Manaf Manāt Nasr Nuha Quzah Ruda Sa'd Shams, Samas Syn Suwa' Ta'lab Theandrios al-‘Uzzá Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yatha
Arabian deities of other Semitic origins
Aglibol (Palmyrene) Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Baalshamin (Canaanite and Palmyrene) Bēl (Palmyrene) Bes (Egypt) Ēl / Ilah (NW Semitic) Inanna/Ishtar Malakbel (Palmyrene) Nabū, Nebo Nergal Yarhibol (Palmyrene)
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Al-Qaum (Arabic: القوم) was the Nabataean god of war and the night, and guardian of caravans.^[1]

Large numbers of inscriptions bearing his name have been found, and archaeologists believe that he was a major god of the Nabataean pantheon.^[1]

In popular culture

A black metal band in Saudi Arabia, Al-Namrood, uses this pantheon as inspiration for its music.^[2]

Al-Qaum is the name of one of the Exodan fleet spaceships in the 2018 novel Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers.

^ ^a ^b "NABATAEAN PANTHEON". Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ Phillips, Alex (October 11, 2012). "AL-NAMROOD Heavy Metal Underground". Retrieved 31 January 2013.