Ruda was a deity worshipped in North Arabia from at least the early first millennium BCE until late antiquity. The god is first attested in a Neo-Assyrian royal inscription and subsequently appears throughout the Ancient North Arabian epigraphic record. The cult of Ruda appears to have been regionally confined to central and eastern North Arabia, and is notably absent from the neighboring Hismaic, Dadanitic and Nabataean inscriptions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Ruda, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus
Wikipedia, "Ruda (deity)"
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