Nikkal

Nikkal
Spouse of the moon god
Nikkal (second from the left) on the Yazılıkaya procession relief[1]
Other names	Nikkal-wa-Ib
Major cult center	Ugarit
Personal information
Parents	possibly ḫrḫb (Ḫiriḫibi) (father)
Spouse	Kušuḫ/Umbu (in Hurro-Hittite sources) Yarikh (in Ugarit)
Children	Sun god of Heaven (in Hittite sources)
Equivalents
Mesopotamian equivalent	Ningal

Nikkal (logographically ^dNIN.GAL,^[2] alphabetically 𐎐𐎋𐎍 nkl^[3]) or Nikkal-wa-Ib (nkl wib^[4]) was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East west of Mesopotamia. She was derived from the Mesopotamian goddess Ningal, and like her forerunner was regarded as the spouse of a moon god, whose precise identity varied between locations. While well attested in Hurrian and Hittite sources, as well as in Ugarit, she is largely absent from documents from the western part of ancient Syria.