Gender of the Moon

Consider the following

Canaanite

Yarikh is the moon god. 'The illuminator of myriads (of
stars)', 'lamp of heaven', possibly also the crescent moon and 'lord
of the sickle' and thereby the father of the Kotharat. He is patron
of the city Qart-Abilim. Kotharat, the skillfull were the Goddesses
of childbirth. They are a group of goddesses associated with
conception and childbirth. '...The swallow-like daughters of the
crescent moon.' (Gibson p. 106). They are also associated with the
new moon. They attend Daniel for seven days to aid in the conception
of Aqhat and receive his sacrifice.

Hurrian-Hittite

Kashku (Moon-god - Hurrian ) - He fell upon the 'killamar', the gate
complex, from heaven and disappeared. Storm-god/Taru rain-stormed
after him, frightening him. Hapantali went to him and uttered the
words of a spell over him. While known to bestow ill omens, he can
be appeased by sheep sacrifice.

Sumerian-Akkadian

Nanna (Sin, (Suen), Ashgirbabbar) Nanna is another name for the moon
god Sin. He is the product of Enlil's rape of Ninlil. (Kramer, 1963,
pp. 146-7.) He travels across the sky in his gufa, (a small, canoe-
like boat made of woven twigs and tar), with the stars and planets
about him. (Kramer 1961 p. 41) Nanna was the tutelary deity of Ur
(Kramer 1963 p. 66), appointed as king of that city by An and Enlil.
(Kramer 1963 pp. 83-84) He journeyed to Nippur by boat, stopping at
five cities along the way. When he arrived at Nippur, he proffered
gifts to Enlil and pleaded with him to ensure that his city of Ur
would be blessed, prosperous, and thus, not be flooded. (Kramer 1963
pp. 145-146, Kramer 1961 pp. 47-49) Nanna was married to Ningal and
they produced Inanna and Utu. (Wolkstein and Kramer pp. 30-34; Kramer
1961 p. 41) He rests in the Underworld every month, and there decrees
the fate of the dead. (Kramer 1963 p. 132, 135, 210) He refuses to
send aid to Inanna when she is trapped in the underworld. (Kramer
1963 pp. 153-154) He established Ur-Nammu as his mortal
representative, establishing the third Ur dynasty. (Kramer 1963 p. 84)

With the moon represented as masculine throughout the cultures on the
Middle East, can we say that the representative of the moon as
feminine (eg. Artemis, Diana, Luna etc) is a PIE characteristic - not
found amongst the peoples of the ancient Near East and Anatolia.

Does this mean that Glen's identification of the moon with the hag in
Anatolia does not bear any wei

Regards

Johnght?