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  Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.2
He favors King Keret, who may be his son, offering him riches upon the death of his many spouses and eventually promising him the princess Huray and many children, provided he make the proper sacrifices and follow his instructions.
Undaunted, Yarikh presents a lavish brideprice to Nikkal-and-Ib's family and the two are wed.
Yarikh and marries him after Yarikh arranges a brideprice with Khirkhib and pays it to her parents.
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 Nikkal, Canaanite Goddess of the Orchards, Fruit, and the Harvest
Her father tried to dissuade Yarikh by suggesting two of Baal's daughters instead.
Yarikh offered a generous brideprice to Khirkhib of necklaces of lapis-lazuli, ten thousand gold pieces, and one thousand silver pieces, saying, "I shall send gems of lapis-lazuli, I shall make her fields into vineyards, and the field of her love into orchards." Khirkhib relented, and soon Nikkal and Yarikh were married.
Yarikh is the provider of nightly dew, and his dew causes Nikkal's orchards to bloom in the desert.
www.asiya.org /bos/nikkal.html   (220 words)

  
  Deity Temple, Room 2 - More Canaanite Deities
Yarikh, Yirah (Ug.); Yarkhibol (Ph.); Jerah, Jarah, Jorah
Yarikh is The Moon, a God whose epithets are the Illuminator of the Heavens, the Illuminator of the Myriads of Stars, and Lord of the Sickle as the crescent moon.
The Kotharot are the Wise Goddesses, usually seven in number, mentioned in the poem of the marriage of Nikkal and Yarikh.
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 alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
She is romanced by Yarikh and marries him after Yarikh aranges a brideprice with Khirkhib and pays it to her parents.
He acts as a matchmaker between Yarikh and Nikkal-and-Ib, initially trying to dissuade Yarikh from pursuing her suggesting Pidray and Ybrdmy as alternative choices.
He is left on a mountain and while sitting for a meal is attacked by Anat's attendent Yatpan in the form of an eagle, along with other birds of prey, and is slain.
www.faqs.org /faqs/mythology/canaanite-faq   (6551 words)

  
 Timeline of Events   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Due to their infinite lives, they manage to secure most of the area after thousands of bloody battles, of which almost everyone was lost.
Yarikh Alberad creates his school of magic, the first in all worlds.
The ruling class of the people on Merodach Island begin to construct a city of temples among the mountains in the southeast part of the island.
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 Nikkal, Phoenician Goddess of Fruit and Orchards--Nikkal wa Ib fruit goddess fertility goddess earth goddess canaanite ...
Her husband is the Moon-God Yarikh, who causes the dew to fall each night and water Her trees so that they may thrive.
She is the daughter of the Summer-God Khirkhibi, who did not at first want Her to marry Yarikh, and instead suggested He marry either Pidraya or Yabarodmay, both daughters of Ba'al.
Her connection with Yarikh has sometimes caused Her to be labeled a Goddess of the Moon Herself; given that the Moon is almost always considered male in the Semitic cultures, I find this unlikely.
www.thaliatook.com /OGOD/nikkal.html   (471 words)

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