Nikkal (second from the left) on the Yazılıkaya procession relief[1]
Other names
Nikkal-wa-Ib
Major cult center
Ugarit
Personal information
Parents
possibly ḫrḫb (Ḫiriḫibi) (father)
Spouse
Kušuḫ/Umbu (in Hurro-Hittite sources)
Yarikh (in Ugarit)
Children
Sun god of Heaven (in Hittite sources)
Equivalents
Mesopotamian equivalent
Ningal
Nikkal (logographically dNIN.GAL,[2] alphabetically 𐎐𐎋𐎍 nkl[3]) or Nikkal-wa-Ib (nkl wib[4]) was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East west of Mesopotamia. She was derived from the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, and like her forerunner was regarded as the spouse of a moon god, whose precise identity varied between locations. While well attested in Hurrian and Hittite sources, as well as in Ugarit, she is largely absent from documents from the western part of ancient Syria.
Nikkal (logographically dNIN.GAL, alphabetically 𐎐𐎋𐎍 nkl) or Nikkal-wa-Ib (nkl wib) was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East...
of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (also known as the Hurrian cult hymn or "a zaluzi-prayer to the gods," or...
in narrative compositions. He is the main character in The Marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh, a myth possibly based on an earlier Hurrian composition. The...
Ningal (Sumerian: "Great Queen"; Akkadian Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. She was particularly closely...
preserved many of its features, rhythms and instruments. The "Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal", found on clay tablets in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit, is the oldest...
Milcom. Mot or Maweth, god of death (not worshiped or given offerings) Nikkal-wa-Ib, goddess of orchards and fruit Pidray, goddess of light and lightning...
Mot waShar "Death-and-Prince" (or possibly "Death-and-Destruction'), Nikkal-and-Ib, which is in origin the name of the Sumerian goddess Ningal combined...
joined by Arsay. Pidray alone is also mentioned in the myth Marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh. The oldest spelling of Pidray's name. attested in an Old Babylonian...
of Nikkal and Yarikh, sometimes referred to with the title Nikkal and the Kotharat instead. They apparently oversee the birth of a son of Nikkal and...
free"), Unap-Teššup ("Teššub came"), Kušuḫ-ewri ("Kušuḫ is a lord"), Nikkal-mati ("Nikkal is wisdom"), Arip-Allani ("Allani gave [a child]"), Arip-Kumarwe...
frequently referred to as his "son" or "lineage." In the poem Marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh he is referred to as "Dagan of Tuttul," possibly indicating that...
Arnuwanda and Asmu-Nikkal, 14th century BC, from Hattusa, Istanbul Archaeological Museum Gifts given by Arnuwanda and Asmu-Nikkal, 14th century BC, from...
thus rain) god responsible for crops growing, also known as Adad and Ba'al Nikkal, goddess of fruits Tanit, consort of Baʿal Hammon at Carthage Chū Shèng...
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