Išpanzašepa
Išpanzašepa is the Hittite goddess of the night .
The name Išpanzašepa means "genius of the night" (from Hittite išpant- = night and šepa- = genius). As the name suggests, Išpanzašepa is the deified personification of the night. Under the name Išpant, this deity is one of those deities who were worshiped by the singer of Kaneš / Neša in Nesian = Hittite language. At the KI.LAM festival , Išpanzašepa was sacrificed together with the stove.
See also
- Šiwat , Hittite god of the day
literature
- Piotr Taracha : Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-447-05885-8 .
- Volkert Haas , Heidemarie Koch : Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-51695-9 .