Naamah
Appearance
Naamah or Na'amah (Template:Lang-he) is used as a female given name in contemporary Israel. Literally, it means "Pleasant One". It can also refer to:
Religion
- Naamah (Genesis), the daughter of Lamech the Cainite. In some extra-Biblical traditions, a "Naamah" also appears as Noah's second wife, who is sometimes said to be a daughter of Enoch
- Naamah (wife of Solomon), mother of Rehoboam
- Naamah, a city of Canaan, listed in the Joshua 15:41, as having been conquered and subsequently settled by the Tribe of Judah.[1] The city may possibly have been a tributary of the Canaanite royal city of Makkedah
- Naamah (demon), an angel of prostitution, one of the succubus mates of the archangel Samael in Zoharistic Kabbalah
Music
- "Dark Princess Naamah" and "Invocation of Naamah" are songs from Swedish symphonic metal band Therion
- Nahemah (band) is a Spanish progressive death metal band
- Nehëmah is a black metal band from Chambéry, France
Literature
- Naamah, one of the Companions of Elua in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy saga
- Naamah is an antagonist in the Dragons In Our Midst series by Bryan Davis (author)
Gaming
- Naamah is a Changeling girl in the roleplay game Changeling: the Lost, who appears as the Queen of Miami's Autumn Court
- Naamah in the tabletop war game BattleTech, one of the Ascended Manei Domini, and commander of the 49th Shadow Division of the Word of Blake
- Naamah the Soul Eater, boss of the Sanctum Of Destruction hero map on Grand Chase
References
- ^ "The Jewish Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2007-08-05.