Suwala

Šuwala is a Hurrian goddess. Mardaman is given as her city , which lies in the area of Ḫabur , which suggests a Syrian origin of the goddess. She was worshiped together with Ugur in the town of Šatappu near Emar . At the ḫišuwa festival , she and Aštabi received a bird and three flatbreads. In the kaluti victim lists she is named after Nabarbi .

literature

• Marie-Claude Trémouille: Šuwala. In: Michael P. Streck (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011-2013, ISBN 978-3-11-030715-3 , p. 374.
• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, ISBN 978-90-04-09799-5