Wariḫu

Wariḫu
God of the Moon
General Information
Species	God
Aliases	Nanna[r] Sin Ta'lab Yarikh El-Maqah (God of the Royal Residence)
Languages
International Phonetic Alphabet	/wa.ri.χu/ /wa.ri.xu/
Proto-Semitic	*Wariḫu *Wariḵu
Equivalents
Akkadian equivalent	Sin
Arabian equivalent	'Amm, Sin, Ta'lab, El-Maqah
Armenian equivalent	Selardi
Berber equivalent	Ayyur
Brythonic equivalent	Rhiannon
Buddhist equivalent	Soma
Celtic equivalent	Cerridwen
Chinese equivalent	Chang'e
Egyptian equivalent	Iah, Khonsu, Thoth
Etruscan equivalent	Artume, Tiur
Graeco-Egyptian equivalent	Hermes Trismegistus
Greek equivalent	Artemis, Luna
Hindu equivalent	Chandra
Israelite equivalent	Yārēaḫ
Japanese equivalent	Tsukuyomi
Korean equivalent	Dalnim
Minoan equivalent	Minos
Norse equivalent	Máni
Persian equivalent	Mah
Phoenician equivalent	Yiraḥ
Proto-Indo-European equivalent	*Meh1not
Roman equivalent	Diana (Luna)
Romano-Egyptian equivalent	Mercurius ter Maximus
Slavic equivalent	Jutrobog
Sumerian equivalent	Nannar
Thelemic equivalent	Heru-ru-ha
Vietnamese equivalent	Trang Chim
Zoroastrian equivalent	Mångha

*Wariḫu /wa.ri.χu/ is also reconstracted as *Wariḵu /wa.ri.xu/ (both are transliterated as Warikhu , angelicised as Warikh or Warich) is the original moon god in Semitic religion and the origin of Levantine Yarikh, Akkadian Sin, North Arabian Ta'lab, and South Arabian El-Maqah. He is borrowed from or into Hamaitic Thoth or both share an unknown Afroasiatic origin. He also shares an unknown Indo-Semitic origin with the Proto-Indo-European god *Meh₁not and a Borean one with Sumerian Nannar.