Nuha
Arabian · deity · pantheon era · Recorded classification
A SUN-GODDESS IN A TRADITION THE CORPUS HELD ONLY THROUGH MECCA. Every Arabian record before this batch was Hijazi or a poet; the North Arabian epigraphic layer — Lihyanite, Safaitic, Thamudic — had no representation at all.
Domains
- the sun
- north arabian trinity
Relations
- of the north arabian trinity with: RudaReciprocated within this batch.Reference treatment of the North Arabian deities Ruda, Nuha and Atarsamain: in the inscriptions of the Lihyan and other north-western Arabian tribes the deity Ruda is named as Rdw and is a MALE deity, while in the religion of the Safaitic Bedouin of the Syro-Arabian desert and north-central Arabia Ruda remains a FEMALE goddess; Nuha is a deity worshipped among the northern Arabian tribes, associated with the sun, who formed part of a trinity of gods along with Ruda and Atarsamain. Ibn Ishaq additionally records a house of worship called Ruda' built by the Banu Rabi'a ibn Ka'b of Tamim. (secondary)
- of the north arabian trinity with: AtarsamainReciprocated within this batch.Reference treatment of the North Arabian deities Ruda, Nuha and Atarsamain: in the inscriptions of the Lihyan and other north-western Arabian tribes the deity Ruda is named as Rdw and is a MALE deity, while in the religion of the Safaitic Bedouin of the Syro-Arabian desert and north-central Arabia Ruda remains a FEMALE goddess; Nuha is a deity worshipped among the northern Arabian tribes, associated with the sun, who formed part of a trinity of gods along with Ruda and Atarsamain. Ibn Ishaq additionally records a house of worship called Ruda' built by the Banu Rabi'a ibn Ka'b of Tamim. (secondary)
Sources
- A sun-associated deity worshipped among the northern Arabian tribes, forming part of a trinity with Ruda and Atarsamain.: Reference treatment of the North Arabian deities Ruda, Nuha and Atarsamain: in the inscriptions of the Lihyan and other north-western Arabian tribes the deity Ruda is named as Rdw and is a MALE deity, while in the religion of the Safaitic Bedouin of the Syro-Arabian desert and north-central Arabia Ruda remains a FEMALE goddess; Nuha is a deity worshipped among the northern Arabian tribes, associated with the sun, who formed part of a trinity of gods along with Ruda and Atarsamain. Ibn Ishaq additionally records a house of worship called Ruda' built by the Banu Rabi'a ibn Ka'b of Tamim. (secondary)