Wadd
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Wadd "Love, Friendship", known variously as Ilumquh, ʕAmm and Sīn, was the Minaean moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'ān (71:23) as a deity of the time of the Prophet Noah.