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Nakrah ( Sabaean: NKRḤ [M], Arabic: نكرح, romanizedNakraḥ and Nikraḥum) was an ancient South Arabian god of protection and salvation worshiped in the Minaean Kingdom. [1]

The place of worship of the deity is located in today's Jawf in northern Yemen. It is located near the village Ma'in, the ancient Qarnawu. Around his sanctuary was a sacred precinct bounded by nine inscription stones. The site is located around the hill Darb al-Ṣabī. [1] In Baraqish there are temples that were created In honor of Nakrah. [2] Adolf Grohmann assumed that Nakrah was a sun goddess, which stood in Ma'in next to the moon god Almaqah and Venus Athtar. However, Jacques Ryckmans and W. W. Müller, said that Nakrah was a male god.

Bibliography

  • Jacques Ryckmans: Die Altsüdarabische Religion. In: Werner Daum (Hrsg.): Jemen. Umschau, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN  3-7016-2251-5, S. 111–115.

See also

References

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nakrah ( Sabaean: NKRḤ [M], Arabic: نكرح, romanizedNakraḥ and Nikraḥum) was an ancient South Arabian god of protection and salvation worshiped in the Minaean Kingdom. [1]

The place of worship of the deity is located in today's Jawf in northern Yemen. It is located near the village Ma'in, the ancient Qarnawu. Around his sanctuary was a sacred precinct bounded by nine inscription stones. The site is located around the hill Darb al-Ṣabī. [1] In Baraqish there are temples that were created In honor of Nakrah. [2] Adolf Grohmann assumed that Nakrah was a sun goddess, which stood in Ma'in next to the moon god Almaqah and Venus Athtar. However, Jacques Ryckmans and W. W. Müller, said that Nakrah was a male god.

Bibliography

  • Jacques Ryckmans: Die Altsüdarabische Religion. In: Werner Daum (Hrsg.): Jemen. Umschau, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN  3-7016-2251-5, S. 111–115.

See also

References


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