Ninatta and Kulitta

The winged Šawuška, second from the right, followed by her servants Ninatta and Kulitta. Yazılıkaya rock sanctuary

Ninatta and Kulitta (in Ugarit : nnt klt ) are the servants of the Hurrian goddess Šauška . They can also be called together as Ninattanni or Kulittanni. They belong to the benevolent servants and are often mentioned together with Šauška. In the Ḫedammu myth, they accompany them to the sea and support them in beguiling the sea monster.

Ninatta and Kulitta are often depicted together with Šauška. A Hittite picture description depicts Šauška as a seated goddess with wings, in front of her lies a silver-plated awiti lion with wings, to the right and left of the wings are Ninatta and Kulitta, both made of silver, their eyes made of gold. In the Hittite rock sanctuary Yazılıkaya they are depicted together with Šauška in the male gods procession. Ninatta (relief 37) carries a bottle of ointment, Kulitta (relief 36) holds a mirror.

literature

• Gabriella Frantz-Szabó: Kulitta, Ninatta and. 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. 303–304.
• Volkert Haas : History of the Hittite religion (= Handbook of Oriental Studies . Volume 1.15). Brill, Leiden 1994, ISBN 978-90-04-09799-5