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Line 4: ==Cult== {{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}} 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 Dushara has been discovered in the [[harbour]] of [[Pozzuoli#History\|ancient Puteoli]] in Italy. The city was an important nexus for trade to the Near East, and it is known to have had a Nabataean presence during the mid 1st century BCE.<ref>AA.VV. Museo archeologico dei Campi Flegrei - Catalogo generale (vol. 2) - Pozzuoli, Electa Napoli 2008, pag. 60-63</ref>

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