hll

deity sky Ugaritic single tradition · 1

hll is a lunar deity known from Ugarit. He is sometimes assumed to be analogous to the god Hulelu from Emar. He is the father of the Kotharat, whose name might be a cognate of the Arabic word hilālun, which lead to the proposal that he was the god of the lunar crescent.

Relationships

co occurs with: Kas’a, yrḫ kṯy, Išḫara, Nikkal, Šaggar, Kušuḫ, Yarikh, Šanugaru
syncretized with: Hulelu
parent of: Kotharat

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Mentioned by

Išḫara
Nikkal
Šaggar
Kušuḫ
Yarikh
Šanugaru

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Yarikh

Source passages

“Further lunar deities known from Ugarit include Saggar, a god presumed to be analogous to Eblaite Šanugaru, who was worshiped in association with Išḫara, hll (reading uncertain, sometimes assumed to be analogous to the god Hulelu from Emar), the father of the Kotharat”
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