Maher or Maḥrem is a god of the
Aksumites
The Kingdom of Aksum ( gez, መንግሥተ አክሱም, ), also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. Based primarily in wha ...
and the
Himyarites. He was the son of the main god
Ashtar Ashtar may refer to:
*Jazz Bar in Byblos, Lebanon
*alternate spelling of Attar (god), an Ethiopian Aksumite god
* Malik al-Ashtar (c. 637-658), in Arabic history, a companion of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of Muhammad, and commander in some batt ...
, and his counterpart was Beher, god of the sea. He was the
deity of war, comparable to
Mars
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or
Ares
Ares (; grc, Ἄρης, ''Árēs'' ) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war ...
in ancient
Greek mythology
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, who used both forms
of the interpretatio. The god ''Maher'' (or Mahrem) held a place of special importance with the Axumites; the gods of the pagan period were all called the Sons of the Invincible Mahrem.
See also
*
Beher (god)
References
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African gods
Axumite gods
War gods