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The Hurrian moon god, variously known as Kušuḫ, Umbu or Ušu, [91] was identified with Sin and his name was sometimes written logographically as d EN.ZU or d 30. [139] It is possible that his character was influenced by exposure to Mesopotamian culture and the image of the moon god in it in particular. [140]
Double-page with illuminated frames marking the start of Chapter Ya-Sin in a Malay Qur'an manuscript from Patani. Despite the special significance of surah Ya-sin in lives of all Muslims, "this is the only Southeast Asian Qur'an manuscript known in which the beginning of Surat Yasin is marked with illuminated frames". [1] 2nd half of the 19th ...
Yarikh (Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎃, YRḪ, "moon" [2]), or Yaraḫum, [3]: 118–119 was a moon god worshiped in the Ancient Near East.He is best attested in sources from the Amorite [4] city of Ugarit in the north of modern Syria, where he was one of the principal deities.
Kušuḫ, usually written d Ku-uš-uḫ in cuneiform, [7] was the primary name of the Hurrian moon god. [2] There is no agreement if transcriptions of Hurrian words should reflect theories about the possible presence of voiced and unvoiced consonants in them; conventional spelling of Kušuḫ's name in modern publications reflects the view that leaving the disputed ones unvoiced is preferable. [8]
Pat Robertson said in 2003, "The struggle is whether Hubal, the Moon God of Mecca, known as Allah, is supreme, or whether the Judeo-Christian Jehovah God of the Bible is Supreme." [20] In addition to books and pamphlets, the 'moon-god Allah' theory has been widely disseminated online through visual media such as memes.
Syn was the chief-god of the Hadhramites. His role is disputed; while he may be connected to the Moon, and by extension, the Semitic god Sin, his symbol is the eagle, a solar symbol. Attested: Ta'lab: Ta'lab is a moon god primarily worshipped by the Sum'ay, a Sabaean tribal confederation which consisted of the tribes Hashid, Humlan and Yarsum ...
Bulan (Pangasinense mythology): the merry and mischievous moon god, whose dim palace was the source of the perpetual light which became the stars; guides the ways of thieves [11] Wife of Mangetchay (Kapampangan mythology): wife of Mangetchay who gave birth to their daughter whose beauty sparked the great war; lives in the Moon [ 12 ]
The following translation is that of C. J. Gadd. [2] (This is) the great miracle of Sin that none of the (other) gods and goddesses knew (how to achieve), that has not happened in the country from the days of old, that the people of the country have (not) observed nor written down on clay tables to be preserved for eternity, that (you), Sin, the lord of all the gods and goddesses residing in ...