Nuha (dewa): Perbezaan antara semakan

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Nuha, from the [[triliteral]] consonantal [[Semitic]] root N-H-Y, may mean "the wise".<ref name=Retsop602>Retsö, 2003, p. 602.</ref> An early [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] inscription from the annals of the kings of the [[Assyrian empire]] mentions Nuha with the [[epithet]] "the elevated sun".<ref name=Retsop602/> While this reference can be read literally to mean that Nuha was associated with the sun, it can also be read metaphorically as a reference to special kind of wisdom.<ref name=Retsop602/>

 

Dierk Lange writes that Nuha formed part of a [[trinity]] of gods worshipped by what he calls the Yumu'il confederation, which he describes as a northern Arab tribal confederation of [[Ishmaelites|Ishmaelite]] ancestry headed by the "clan of [[Kedar]]" ([[Qedarites]]).<ref name=Langep268>Lange, 2004, pp. 268-269.</ref> According to Lange, Nuha was the [[sun deity]], [[Ruda (deity)|Ruda]] the [[moon deity]], and [[Atarsamain]] the main deity was associated with [[Venus]].<ref name=Langep268/>

 

A trinity of gods representing the sun, moon and Venus is also found among the peoples of the South Arabian kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Awsan|Awsan]], [[Ma'in]], [[Qataban]] and [[Hadramawt]] between the 9th and 4th centuries BC.<ref name=Langep268/> There, the deity associated with Venus was [[Astarte]], the sun deity was [[Yam (god)|Yam]], and moon deity was variously called [[Wadd]], [[Amm (god)|Amm]] and [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]].<ref name=Langep268/>

 

Inscriptions in a [[Ancient North Arabian|North Arabian dialect]] in the region of [[Najd]] referring to Nuha describe emotions as a gift from her and the other gods. For example, one reads, "by Nuha is the flying into a rage," while another reads, "by Nuha is the jealousy of a lover."<ref name=Hoylandp207>Hoyland, 2001, p. 207.</ref> Other inscriptions indicate that all things good and bad were thought to come from the gods, such as in the inscription, "by Nuha is bowel-disease and measles."<ref name=Hoylandp207/>

 

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*{{citation|title=Arabia and the Arabs: from the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam|first1=Robert G.|last1=Hoyland|edition=Illustrated, reprint|publisher=Routledge|year=2001|ISBN=0415195357, 9780415195355}}

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