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avabehjat.substack.com]]>https://avabehjat.substack.com/podcastSubstackTue, 26 May 2026 23:45:27 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2591456.rssAva Behjatstory teller and story collector βš”οΈπŸŒ²βœ¨πŸŒšπŸŒž episodicAva Behjatavabehjat@substack.comNo<![CDATA[The Pagan Goddesses of the Quran πŸͺ½]]>The second episode of Mythos & Historia covers the three pagan goddesses in the Islamic holy book and analyzes why they are part of the message of the Quran. We will be discussing pre-Islamic Arabian society and religion, magical rocks, and the Satanic Verses.

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SOURCES:

* Fahd, T., "al-Lat", in Bosworth et al. 1986, pp. 692

* Monaghan, Patricia (2014), Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines, New World Library, ISBN 978-1-608-68218-8:

* Sykes, Egerton; Turner, Patricia (2014), Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities, Routledge, ISBN 9781136414374

* "Aramaic Inscriptions of the Fifth Century B. C. E. from a North-Arab Shrine in Egypt":

* Herodotus, The Histories, Book 1, chapter 131

* Herodotus, The Histories, Book 3

* (PDF) « South Arabia, Religions in Pre-Islamic », « al-Ukhdūd » et « Yemen », dans Encyclopaedia of the Qurʿān, 5, Leiden-Boston (Brill), pp. 84-94 et pl. I-VII ; 397-398 ; 561-569. | Christian Julien ROBIN - Academia.edu

* Full text of "The Pantheon Of Palmyra By Javier Teixidor (z Lib.org)"

* Baetyl - Livius

* Offprint from Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

* Before Orthodoxy β€” Harvard University Press

* Muir, Sir William. (1878). The Life of Mahomet. (pp. 86-88). London: Smith, Elder & Co

* ARABIA AND THE ARABS: From the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam

* The Holy Qur’an. translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, H & C International.

* The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History

* Sidra 8 | Hurqalya Publications: Center for ShaykhΔ« and BābΔ«-Bahā’ī Studies

* History of the Islamic Peoples - Carl Brockelmann - Google Books

* The History of al-Tabari

* Muhammad and the Origins of Islam - Francis E. Peters - Google Books

* (PDF) Al-Jallad. 2022. The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction based on the Safaitic Inscriptions

* THE BOOK OF IDOLS

* Museum of Lost Objects: The Lion of al-Lat - BBC News

* Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities | Islamic State | The Guardian



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