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'''Nuha''' is a [[deity]] that was worshipped among the [[Tribes of Arabia|Northern Arabian tribes]] in [[pre-Islamic Arabia]]. Associated with the sun, she formed part of a [[trinity]] of gods, along with [[Ruda (deity)|Ruda]] and [[Atarsamain]]. In Southern Arabia, [[Shams (goddess)|Shams]] was her equivalent.
==Meaning==
Nuha, from the [[Semitic root#Triconsonantal root|triconsonantal Semitic root]] N-H-Y, may mean "the ultimate".<ref name=Retsop602>Retsö, 2003, p. 602.</ref> An early [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] inscription from the annals of the kings of [[Assyria]] mention 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/>
==Worship==
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 [[Qedar|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===
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".<ref name=Hoylandp207/>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{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= 9780415195355}}
*{{citation|title=Ancient kingdoms of West Africa: African-centred and Canaanite-Israelite perspectives : a collection of published and unpublished studies in English and French|first1=Dierk|last1=Lange|publisher=J.H.Röll Verlag|year=2004|ISBN= 9783897541153}}
*{{citation|title=The Arabs in antiquity: their history from the Assyrians to the Umayyads|first1=Jan|last1=Retsö|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|ISBN= 9780700716791}}
{{refend}}
[[Category:中東]]
[[Category:太陽女神]]
[[Category:Solar goddesses]]
==Meaning==
Nuha, from the [[Semitic root#Triconsonantal root|triconsonantal Semitic root]] N-H-Y, may mean "the ultimate".<ref name=Retsop602>Retsö, 2003, p. 602.</ref> An early [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] inscription from the annals of the kings of [[Assyria]] mention 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/>
==Worship==
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 [[Qedar|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===
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".<ref name=Hoylandp207/>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
*{{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= 9780415195355}}
*{{citation|title=Ancient kingdoms of West Africa: African-centred and Canaanite-Israelite perspectives : a collection of published and unpublished studies in English and French|first1=Dierk|last1=Lange|publisher=J.H.Röll Verlag|year=2004|ISBN= 9783897541153}}
*{{citation|title=The Arabs in antiquity: their history from the Assyrians to the Umayyads|first1=Jan|last1=Retsö|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|ISBN= 9780700716791}}
{{refend}}
[[Category:中東]]
[[Category:太陽女神]]
[[Category:Solar goddesses]]
