Yarikh

Canaanite · deity · mythic · deity

Moon-god 'Lamp of Heaven'; weds the orchard-goddess Nikkal in KTU 1.24, a hymn likely sung at weddings.

Domains

moon

Powers

Win Nikkal with a vast bride-price of silver and gold
Illumine the night sky as the lamp of heaven

Epithets

𐎐𐎊𐎗 𐎌𐎎𐎎
nyr šmm

Relations

spouse: Nikkal

Sources

Marriage of Yarikh and Nikkal (KTU 1.24)
Ugaritic god-list KTU 1.118 (RS 20.024)

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