Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Arabian mythology is the set of ancient, pre-Islamic beliefs held by the Arab people. Prior to Islam, belief was based on a polytheistic culture comprising deities and other supernatural beings such as demons, djinn, and demigods. Gods and goddesses were worshipped at local shrines, such as the Kaaba in Mecca. The Kaaba was dedicated to Hubal and also contained the images of the three chief goddesses Al-lāt, Al-‘Uzzá and Manāt. Allah might have been one of the gods of the Meccan religion to whom the shrine might have been dedicated although it seems he had little relevance in the religion. It has been inferred from this plurality that this mythology flourished in an exceptionally broad context. Many of the physical descriptions of the pre-Islamic gods are traced to idols, especially near the Kaaba, which is believed to have contained up to 360 of them."@en }
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- Arabian_mythology abstract "Arabian mythology is the set of ancient, pre-Islamic beliefs held by the Arab people. Prior to Islam, belief was based on a polytheistic culture comprising deities and other supernatural beings such as demons, djinn, and demigods. Gods and goddesses were worshipped at local shrines, such as the Kaaba in Mecca. The Kaaba was dedicated to Hubal and also contained the images of the three chief goddesses Al-lāt, Al-‘Uzzá and Manāt. Allah might have been one of the gods of the Meccan religion to whom the shrine might have been dedicated although it seems he had little relevance in the religion. It has been inferred from this plurality that this mythology flourished in an exceptionally broad context. Many of the physical descriptions of the pre-Islamic gods are traced to idols, especially near the Kaaba, which is believed to have contained up to 360 of them.".