Chapter Išḫara: One Deity – Many Aspects?
Abstract
The goddess Išḫara is attested early in cuneiform sources, and her cult can be traced back in all regions of the Ancient Near East over a period of more than 2000 years. From this point of view, it is worthwhile to look at her integration into the Hittite pantheon and try to identify changes and continuities in her figure and present some ideas about the circumstances under which the process of integration took place.
Book
Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria; Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern SyriaKeywords
Išḫara; mothergoddess; religious infiltration; local avatarsDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0109-4.14ISBN
9791221501094, 9791221501094Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2023Series
Studia Asiana, 14Classification
History