Basamum

{{Fertile Crescent myth (Arabian)}}

Basamum was a deity worshipped in pre-Islamic South Arabia. His name may be derived from the proto-Arabic basam, or balsam, a plant that was used in ancient medicines, indicating that he may have been a deity associated with healing or health.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqDC5bwx4_wC&pg=PA47&dq=Basamum+deity#q=Basamum%20deity|title=Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses|last=Jordan|first=Michael|date=2014-05-14|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438109855|language=en}} One ancient text referred to Basamum curing two sick goats or ibexes.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0La5CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT66&dq=Basamum+deity#q=Basamum%20deity|title=A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons|last=Lurker|first=Manfred|date=2015-04-29|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136106200|language=en}}