Uzza

Uzza

Al-Uzzá (Arabic: العزى‎ al-ʻUzzá ) was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped as one of the daughters of Allah by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with Allāt and Manāt. Al-‘Uzzá was also worshipped by the Nabataeans, who equated her with the Greek goddess Aphrodite Ourania (Roman Venus Caelestis). A stone cube at aṭ-Ṭā’if (near Mecca) was held sacred as part of her cult. She is mentioned in the Qur'an Sura 53:19 as being one of the goddesses that people worshiped.This goddess resembles Hindu Goddess Durga she abodes lion with swords ancient Hindus worshiped her as Goddes of war

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