Ayyur is the Tamazight word for the moon and the name given to the Berber moon god; the Greek historian Herodotus records that the ancient Berbers worshipped the moon and the sun, known as Tafukt and also recorded on this atlas, as their principal deities.
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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