Ayyur


Ayyur was an ancient deity worshiped by the Imazighen in ancient times. The name "Ayyur" literally means the moon, and he was also a maangod according to the Imazighen. His name was also used as term to indicate the word "month."

Herodotus wrote in the fifth century BC. that the Imazighen offered to the sun and the moon. In addition, Ibn Khaldoen wrote that the Imazighen to the fourteenth century after Chr. the moon, the sun and the stars continued to worship. The name "Ayyur" occurs in several inscriptions that have left the old Imazighen.

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