Almaqah

No narrative birth myth or detailed mythological origin survives in the cited materials. What is attested in inscriptions and scholarship is that the ruling dynasty of Saba' regarded themselves as 'his seed', indicating a dynastic and ancestral relationship: Almaqah functioned as the patron and ancestor-protector of the royal house rather than as a figure of a preserved creation or birth tale.

Monumental and inscriptional iconography associates Almaqah with a curved, sickle-like weapon surrounded by clusters of lightning-bolt motifs; bulls were sacred to him and appear frequently in dedicatory contexts. Vegetal motifs such as date‑palms and vines are also linked to his imagery on plaques and stelae. The supplied sources do not record a consistent anthropomorphic portrait of Almaqah.

Almaqah is attested primarily as a celestial-tutelary power and state god: identified by some scholars (e.g., Jacques Ryckmans) as a moon god but also argued by others (Garbini, Pirenne) to display solar and Dionysiac/vegetative attributes. He served as an oracular deity (the Awwam Temple is described as the main oracular seat), a dynastic patron conferring legitimacy on the Sabaean ruling house, and a focus of cultic activity tied to fertility/vegetation (vine and date‑palm motifs) and animal symbolism (bulls, ibex). Interactions with humans are mediated through temple ritual, pilgrimage (notably during the month of ḏū‑Abhī), inscriptions, altars, and offerings.