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Nuha (deity)

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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". Other inscriptions indicate that all things good and bad were thought to come from the gods, such as in
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Ancient kingdoms of West Africa: African-centred and Canaanite-Israelite perspectives : a collection of published and unpublished studies in English and French
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of gods worshipped by what he calls the Yumu'il confederation, which he describes as a northern Arab tribal confederation of
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A trinity of gods representing the sun, moon and Venus is also found among the peoples of the South Arabian kingdoms of
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between the 9th and 4th centuries BC. There, the deity associated with Venus was
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The Arabs in antiquity: their history from the Assyrians to the Umayyads
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Arabia and the Arabs: from the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam
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Index

myth series
Religions of the ancient Near East
Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
'Amm
A'ra
Abgal
Al-Lat
Al-Qaum
Almaqah
Anbay
ʿAṯtar
Basamum
Dhu l-Khalasa
Dushara
Haukim
Hubal
Isāf and Nā'ila
Manaf
Manāt
Nasr
Nuha
Quzah
Ruda
Sa'd
Shams, Samas
Syn
Suwa'
Ta'lab
Theandrios
al-‘Uzzá

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