Moon Deities of Ancient Arabia
It’s difficult to describe the ancient religion of Pre-Islamic Arabia, as all archaeological and historical records of this period have been either destroyed or have not been excavated and studied….
Chandra the Moon God in Hinduism
Moon is said to have been born out of the ocean when the gods churned the ocean to bring out the nectar, which they wanted to drink to attain immortality…
Iah the Egyptian Moon God
Moon deity was important because of its light in the night, because of its phases which were used to calculated the month and the agrarian cycle…
Yarikh the Moon God of Canaan
Sumerian Nanna was a derivative of the Canaanite Yarikh. The Moon god Yarikh had a special shrine at Jericho in the West Bank…
Nanna the Moon God of Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamians worshipped Nanna as the moon god. Since months were counted by the waxing and waning of the moon and the soothing moonlight was seen as nourishing as compared to the hot sun, Nanna was regarded as the lord of time and a sustainer of agriculture, life and prosperity…
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