Kušuḫ

The moon god followed by the sun god in the rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya

Kušuḫ (in Ugarit : kḏġ, kzġ ) is the Hurrian moon god. In the kaluti list of sacrifices he is named after Ea and before the sun god Šimige .

Early on, Kušuḫ was assimilated to the moon god of Ḫarran ( hurrit . Kuzina). As the oath god, Kušuḫ, "Lord of the oath", together with his wife Nikkal , "Mistress of the oath", and Išḫara are invoked.

In the Hittite rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya he is depicted as a winged god with a crescent moon on his pointed cap.

literature

• Heinrich Otten : Kušuḫ. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 6, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980–1983, ISBN 3-11-010051-7 , pp. 382–383.