Yaghuth

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Myths of the Fertile Crescent series
Mesopotamian mythology
Ancient Arabian mythology
Ancient Levantine mythology
Pre-Islamic Arabian gods
Ēl, Ilāh (NW Semitic) Bēl, Baʕl, Bēl-Šamīn Abgal Aglibol al-Lāt, al-'Ilāhat Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Ištar, Athtar Bes (Egypto-Arabic) Manāt Manaf Nergal	Nabū, Nebo Orotalt Qawm Sīn, Nanna-Suen Shams, Samas ʕUzzā Wadd Yaghūth Ya'uq Yarhibol/Malakbel astral & local deities demons
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Yaghūth (Arabic "He Helps" يَغُوثَ) is an idol referred to in the Qur'an (71:23) as a god of the era of the Prophet Noah.

The name may be the source of H. P. Lovecraft's Yuggoth.^{[citation needed]}

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• Encyclopedia Mythica
• The Book of Idols (Kitab Al-Asnam) by Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi: Yaghuth