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'''Dushara''' ({{lang-ar|ذو شرى}}, "Lord of the Mountain"), also transliterated as '''Dusares''', a [[deity]] in the ancient [[Middle East]] worshipped by the [[Nabataeans]] at [[Petra]] and [[Madain Saleh]] (of which city he was the patron). He was mothered by [[Manāt|Manat]] the goddess of fate.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The Semitic Goddess of Fate, Fortuna-Tyche|last = Langdon, S.|journal = Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue = 1|pages = 21–29|jstor = 25194060|issn = 0035-869X|year = 1930|publisher = Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland}}</ref> In Greek times, he was associated with [[Zeus]] because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon as well as with [[Dionysus]]. His sanctuary at [[Petra]] contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone was the centrepiece.
A shrine to Dusares has been discovered in the harbour of Pozzuoli in Italy. Ancient Puteoli was an important harbour for trade to the Near East, and a Nabataean presence is detected there in the mid 1st century BC.<ref>AA.VV. Museo archeologico dei Campi Flegrei - Catalogo generale (vol. 2) - Pozzuoli, Electa Napoli 2008, pag. 60-63</ref>
This deity was mentioned by the 9th century CE historian [[Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi]], who wrote in ''The Book of Idols'' (''Kitab al-Asnām'') that: "The Banū al-Hārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the ʻAzd had an idol called Dū Sharā."
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