The many names of Mars
al-Qāhir in Arabic [اَلْنَجْم اَلقَاهِر al-najm al-qāhir, "the victorious star"]
Ares (Άρης) in Greek [from Ancient Greek Ἄρης, the god of war]
Auqakuh in Quechua
Bahrâm in Persian [بهرام Bahrâm, from Middle Iranian Wahrām, the war god, god of victory]
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火星 (Kasei in Japanese and huǒ xīng in Chinese) is the Japanese Kanji, old Korean Hanja and Chinese title for the planet Mars. The characters literally mean "fire star" or "spark"
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Ma'adim in Hebrew [מאדים literally means "turning red"]. The root of the word "ma'adim" is "adom", which means “red”. The author of the Genesis seems to enjoy playing with the word chain Adam (man) - adama (soil, feminine noun) - dam (blood) - adom (ruddy, red like the soil)
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In Sanskrit, the planet Mars is called "Mangala" (मङ्गल) and appears in various Hindu texts. According to some myths, the deity Mangala was born through a drop of blood or sweat from the god Shiva; he has four arms and is considered the protector of landed property
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Nirgal for the Babylonians (Sumerian GÌR-UNUG-GAL, Hebrew: נֵרְגַל, Tiberian: Nērḡál)
Nirgal is a deity of the Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian religion. He is an underworld god, who embodies the devastating heat of the sun. As a fiery god of destruction and war
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Nirgal was related to the planet Mars in the late Babylonian astral-theological system
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