Hilal (god)

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Myths of the Fertile Crescent series
Mesopotamian mythology
Ancient Arabian mythology
Ancient Levantine mythology
Pre-Islamic Arabian gods
Ēl, Ilāh (NW Semitic) Bēl, Baʕl, Bēl-Šamīn Abgal Aglibol al-Lāt, al-'Ilāhat Astarte Atargatis (Syrian) Ištar, Athtar Bes (Egypto-Arabic) Manāt Manaf Nergal	Nabū, Nebo Orotalt Qawm Sīn, Nanna-Suen Shams, Samas ʕUzzā Wadd Yaghūth Ya'uq Yarhibol/Malakbel astral & local deities demons
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For the Arabic term, see Hilāl

Hilal (Arabic: هلال‎) is an Arabic term, particularly associated with the crescent moon, first developed in pre-Islamic Arabia. The very slight crescent moon that is first visible after a new moon. Muslims look for the hilal when determining the beginning and end of Islamic months. In the modern world, Hilal is a representation of the moon in Arabian astrology.

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• Encyclopedia Mythica - Note, Hilal is a representation of the crescent moon, which this article notes incorrectly.