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ID: 901002201
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002201
Record Type: Character/Person

Hagar (Old Testament character)

Note: Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, wife of Abraham. Sarah was infertile, and gave Hagar to her husband so that he could have a son.

Names:
Hagar (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D)
הָגָר, (Old Testament character) (Hebrew-P,D)
هَـاجَـر (Old Testament character) (Arabic-P,D)
Ἁγάρ (Old Testament character) (Greek-P,D)
Agar (Old Testament character) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Hagar (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Story of Ishmael and Hagar
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Ishmael and Hagar (Old Testament narrative)) [901002199]
parent of .... Ishmael
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Ishmael (Abrahamic religion character)) [901002202]
lover of .... Abraham
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abraham (Old Testament character)) [901000475]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Hagar (Old Testament character)
................National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) as in 71C11931 Hagar flees into the desert
הָגָר, (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
هَـاجَـر (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
Ἁγάρ (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
Agar (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) as in 71C11931 Hagar flees into the desert
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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