Hadad

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Hadad
God of Weather, Hurricanes, Storms, Thunder and Rain
Assyrian soldiers carrying a statue of Adad
Abode	Heaven
Symbol	Thunderbolt, bull, lion
Personal information
Parents	Most common tradition:Sin and Ningal, or Dagon
Siblings	Kishar, Inanna
Consort	Shala, Medimsha
Children	Gibil or Girra
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Zeus
Roman equivalent	Jupiter
Canaanite equivalent	Baal
Egyptian equivalent	Horus
Hurrian equivalent	Teshub

Hadad (Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎄, romanized: Haddu), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅎 ^DIM, pronounced as Adād), or Iškur (Sumerian) was the storm and rain god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE.^[1][2] From the Levant, Hadad was introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he became known as the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) god Adad.^[3][4][5][6] Adad and Iškur are usually written with the logogram 𒀭𒅎 ^dIM^[7]—the same symbol used for the Hurrian god Teshub.^[8] Hadad was also called Pidar, Rapiu, Baal-Zephon,^[9] or often simply Baʿal (Lord), but this title was also used for other gods. The bull was the symbolic animal of Hadad. He appeared bearded,^[10][11] often holding a club and thunderbolt while wearing a bull-horned headdress.^[12][13] Hadad was equated with the Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter (and in the cult-center near Doliche in Asia Minor he was addressed as Jupiter Dolichenus), as well as the Babylonian mythology Bel.^{[citation needed]}

The Baal Cycle, also known as the Epic of Baal, is a collection of stories about the god Baal from the Canaanite area who is also referred to as Hadad, the storm-god. This collection of stories is dated between 1400 and 1200 B.C. and was found in Ugarit, an ancient city located in modern-day Syria.