Duzhi

Local god of uncertain affinities. Kafir [Afghanistan].

Elagabal (lord of the mountain)

Local tutelary god. Syrian. Probably originating as a mountain deity with strong solar links.

Dusˇara (‘the one’ of sˇara)

Local tutelary god. Western Semitic (Nabataean). Associated with vegetation and fertility in the Hauran region from about 312 BC until circa AD 500. Regarded as a supreme deity, comparable to BAALSˇ AMIN, who never achieved Dusˇara’s popularity among the nomadic Nabataeans, for whom farming was precarious.

Dogumrik

Local guardian and warrior god. Kafir [Afghanistan]. Known from the village of Shtiwe in the southeastern Hindukush, Dogumrik is the herdsman to the daughters of the god IMRA and possibly a localized equivalent of the god MON.

 

Asˇ

Local fertility god. Egyptian (western Sahara).

Baal Sapon

Local tutelary god. Western Semitic (Phoenician).

Probably of Canaanite origin and closely equating with BAALSˇ AMIN. According to Ugaritic texts he lives on a mountain in the north of Phoenicia known as Saphan, which may have served as a beacon for mariners. Other local variations of mountain deities include Baal Hermon and Baal Brathy.

Anna Kuari

Local vegetation goddess. Indian. Worshiped by the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. The recipient of human sacrifice in the spring months, she was believed to endow riches on the sacrificer and to ensure plentiful harvest while living in his house in the form of a child.

 

A’ra

Local tutelary god. Pre-Islamic northern Arabian.

Arensnuphis [Greek]

Local god of uncertain affinities. Egyptian (Nubian). Probably significant circa 700 BC to AD 400 as an attendant of ISIS. He appeared in Egyptian sanctuaries during the Greco-Roman period and seems to have been of benevolent nature. There is also a sanctuary known from Philae in Greece where he is linked with Isis.