Religion:Beher (god)
Beher was the pre-Christian Ethiopian (Aksumite) god of the sea. He was part of a trinity of pre-Christian Eritrean and Ethiopian religion, together with Astar (god of sun and moon) and Mahrem (god of war and head god).[1]
History
Beher is the god of the land and of the sea and is associated with agricultural fertility.[1] He also appears to be identified with Meder, the Earth-Mother. Beher may be related to the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian word for God, egziabher, originally 'Lord of the Land' as well as 'Lord of the World'.[2] All of these names appear together in the writings of Ezana in which the throne is dedicated to Astar, Beher, and Meder.[3] For the Aksumites, these gods are comparable to the greek's. Astar was associated with Zeus while Mahrem was parallel with Ares. Beher was associated to Poseidon.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ancient Axumite Pantheon - Afropedea". http://www.afropedea.org/ancient-axumite-pantheon.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Munro-Hay, S. C. (1991). Aksum : an African civilisation of late antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. OCLC 555231651. http://worldcat.org/oclc/555231651.
- ↑ Trimingham, Spencer J. (2013). Islam in Ethiopia.. Routledge. ISBN 1-299-86698-0. OCLC 858654193. http://worldcat.org/oclc/858654193.
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