Yaghuth

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Religions of the ancient Near East
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Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
Abgal Aglibol Allah al-Lāt, al-'Ilāhat Al-Qaum Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Atarsamain Athtar Baalshamin Bēl, Baʕl Bes (Egypt) Dhul Khalasa Dushara (Dusares) Ēl, Ilāh (NW Semitic) Hubal Malakbel Manaf Manāt Nabū, Nebo Nasr Nergal Nuha Orotalt Ruda Shams, Samas Sīn, Nanna-Suen Suwa' Theandrios Al-‘Uzzá Wadd Ya'uq Yaghūth Yarhibol Yatha demons

Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) is an idol referred to in the Koran (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah:

And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa'; nor Yaghuth, and Ya'uq and Nasr. (Qur'an 71:23)

The name may be the source of H. P. Lovecraft's Yuggoth.

Sources

• The Book of Idols (Kitab Al-Asnam) by Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi