Ayyur
Ayyur is the moon god in Amazigh mythology. He is the husband of the sun goddess Tafukt, and the father of the stars, Itran. He was separated from his wife Tafukt to live in the skies.
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When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped by Berbers during ancient times.
Relationships
- parent of
- Itran
- consort of
- Tafukt
- co occurs with
- Ziri, Ba'al-Ḥammon
Sources
Source passages
“In amazigh mythology, the world was founded from the fury of sun goddess Tafukt, when her husband the moon god Ayyur and her children the stars "Itran" were separated from their mother Tafukt to live in farther away skies.”
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“Despite these largely feminine attributes, Ayyur remains an ambiguous entity, sometimes described as feminine or masculin”
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“the berbers appear to have integrated the cult of Ba'al Hammon with the berber cult of the worship of the Sun deity "Tafukt" and the Lunar deity "Ayyur", the same agrarian symbols and offerings, the same ritual attitudes, the same sacrificial victims.”
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