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{{Short description|Moon god worshipped in ancient Qataban}}
{{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}}
'''ʿAmm''' ({{langx|xsa|𐩲𐩣|translit=ʿm}}; {{langx|ar|عمّ}}) was a [[moon god]] worshipped in ancient [[Qataban]], which was a kingdom in [[Ancient history of Yemen|ancient Yemen]]. 'Amm's name stems from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for paternal uncle.<ref name=cite1></ref><ref name=citenew></ref> The inhabitants of the kingdom referred to themselves as the ''Banu Amm'', or the "Children of Amm".<ref name=cite1 /> He was also revered as a [[weather god]], as his attributes included lightning bolts.<ref name=cite1>{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Michael |title=Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses |date=May 14, 2014 |publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated |isbn=9781438109855 |page=16}}</ref> His consort is the goddess [[Asherah]], and he was served by the oracle-judge [[Anbay]].{{cn|date=August 2022}} 

According to French archaeologist {{Interlanguage link|Christian Robin|fr}} and biblical scholar [[Daniel E. Fleming]], one possible origin for the title 'Amm or "Children of 'Amm" is speculated to have stemmed from a designation of an earlier group of people who worshiped 'Amm as a central god, with the name 'Amm simply being the title for a forgotten deity whose true designation was not known.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fleming |first1=Daniel |title=Yahweh Before Israel: Glimpses of History in a Divine Name |date=December 3, 2020 |isbn=9781108835077 |page=242|publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref> Though 'Amm was worshipped into the time of the [[Qataban]] kingdom.<ref name=citenew>{{cite web |title=Pre-Islamic deities |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arabian-religion/Pre-Islamic-deities |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>

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[[Category:Arabian gods]]
[[Category:Lunar gods]]
[[Category:Sky and weather gods]]
[[Category:Asherah]]


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