Nikkal

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Nikkal, full name Nikkal-wa-Ib, is a goddess of Ugarit/Canaan and later of Phoenicia. She is a goddess of orchards, whose name means "Great Lady and Fruitful" and derives from West Semitic "´Ilat ´Inbi" meaning "Goddess of Fruit". She is daughter of Khirkhibi, the Summer's King, and is married to the moon god Yarikh, who gifted her with necklaces of lapis-lazuli. Their marriage is lyrically described in the Ugaritic text "Nikkal and the Kathirat". She may have been feted in late summer when tree fruits had been finally harvested. Her Sumerian equivalent is the goddess Ningal.