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Encyclopedia > Berber paganism

The traditional Berber pantheon contains a variety of gods. Although most Berbers are now Muslim (and none profess paganism), vestiges of their previous religion remain, including traditions such as "the bride of Anzar" (literally "rain", originally believed to have been a Berber god) among the Kabyles.

  • GURZIL: Berber god of war, represented by a head of bull at the Luwata nomads. This same god is taken by Dihya in her battles against the Arabs.
  • IDIR: Name of a divinity. From Edder, to live, which is also found in Baliddir:"the alive God".(Ball or Baal:suffix from Phoenician meaning: god or lord)
  • IGUC: or Iyuc (as is frequent in Berber, G, becomes Y, etc), god of the rain at Morocco.
  • LILU: a Berber god, synonymous with rainwater. Probably alternative of ILLU, a god among the Tuaregs.
  • MAKURGUN: Berber god, of Punico_Berber origin.
  • IFRU: the ethymology of this name is probably related to the verb Fru: to regulate, solve, sort.
  • MAQURTAM: God Amazigh, of Punico_Berber origin.
  • NABEL: name of a divinity,
  • SINIFER: God of war among the Luwata.
  • SUGGAN: or Seggen, name of a Berber divinity, name which is nowadays found in Aïn Me Lila _ Algeria.
  • TILILWA: name of a Berber divinity.
  • WARSISIMA: a Berber God Amazigh, this name is a composed name: name + prefix: wer+isem (without name)
  • WARSUTIMA: name of a Berber divinity, made up of wer + utim.
  • WIHINAM: name of a Berber divinity.
  • YAM: name of a Berber divinity.
  • YUKUS: Berber god, alternative: Yakuc,
  • YUNAN: Berber god.
  • YUR: the moon, but also a Berber god.
  • AFRIKA: a Berber goddess.
  • GURAYA: Name of a saint in Kabylie; sponsor of Bgayet and is also found in Tipasa.
  • ANZAR: god of the rain among the Kabyles.

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Berber people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4061 words)
The appearance and the genetic make-up of Berbers is best examined together with that of their fellow Arabic-speaking inhabitants of North Africa; both share a predominant Berber ancestry of dominant Y chromosome contributions from ancient East Africa and dominant mitochondrial contributions from the Iberian population from western Asia.
Berber groups are first mentioned in writing by the ancient Egyptians during the Predynastic Period, and during the New Kingdom the Egyptians later fought against the Meshwesh and Lebu (Libyans) tribes on their western borders.
The Berbers live mainly in Morocco (between 35%-60% of the population) and in Algeria (about 15%-33% of the population), as well as Libya and Tunisia, though exact statistics are unavailable[4]; see Berber languages.
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