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 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volkert Haas, Heidemarie Koch: Religions of the ancient Orient: Hittites and Iran . Göttingen 2011, p. 167.
2. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 30.
3. ^ Piotr Taracha: Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia . Wiesbaden 2009, p. 51.