Šawuška
The Hurrian goddess Šawuška (also Šaušga, older Šauša; in Ugarit : ṯuṯk ) was the goddess of sexual love and war. However, it also had healing powers. Tušratta describes her as the mistress of Mitanni and the queen of the high heavens. A double temple was dedicated to Šawuška and Teššup in Nuzi . In Sumer was Ishtar 's sister Weather God , but it is unclear whether this can be transferred to Mitanni. She had Ninatta and Kulitta as servants.
Šawuška in other countries
A black Šawuška was worshiped in Kizzuwatna . She was Teššupы's sister.
Sumer
The veneration of Šawuška has been documented in Sumer since the first III period . According to documents from Drēḥim, Tiamat-baštip, the daughter of Tišatal , the ruler of Urkeš and king of Karaḫar , a concubine of the Šu-šue'en , offered sacrifices to the Šawuška .
Hittites
In the Hittite pantheon, Šawuška also had male attributes and was represented, for example, in the procession of the gods in Yazılıkaya under the male deities (38), accompanied by their servants Ninatta and Kulitta. Šawuška could punish blasphemers and oath breakers by changing their sex, as was the Greek Aphrodite ( Teiresias ). In Hittite texts, the Šawuška Šintal-wuri, Šintal-irti and Šintal-taturkani are added, whose Hurrian names all refer to the number seven .
Assyrians
The Ištar of Nineveh was also known as Šauška in Sargonid times .
Related deities
Šawuška is often equated with the Akkadian / Assyrian Ištar . It is known as the Ištar of Subartu . In northern Syria, Šawuška was partially equated with Išḫara , in Ugarit with Astarte . In the Hittite city Samuha revered goddesses Pirinkir and "Goddess of the Night" are considered astral aspects of Šausška-Ishtar.
literature
- Michael Astour : The Hurrian king at the siege of Emar . In: Mark W. Chavalas (Ed.): Emar, the history, religion and culture of a Syrian town in the late Bronze Age . Bethesda 1996, pp. 25-26.
- Ilse Wegner , figure and cult of the Ištar-Šawuška in Asia Minor. Hurritological Studies III, Old Orient and Old Testament 36. Kevelaer: Verlag Butzon and Beroker; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1981.
- Gernot Wilhelm : Basics of the history and culture of the Hurriter . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-534-08151-X .