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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. |
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