Lelluri
| Lelluri | |
|---|---|
Mountain goddess | |
| Major cult center | Haššuwa |
| Personal information | |
| Spouse | Manuzi |
| Equivalents | |
| Mesopotamian equivalent | Ninmena |
Lelluri (also spelled Lilluri, Liluri) was a
Character
Lelluri most likely originated in the
She was closely linked with
A lexical text from
Worship
According to Volkert Haas, Lelluri was worshiped chiefly in the proximity of Nur Mountains and Orontes River in the west and as far east as the middle of the Euphrates.[1] In Kizzuwatna she was celebrated during the hišuwa festival, whose purpose was to guarantee the wellbeing of the king and his family. Among the other deities present in texts pertaining to it are "Teshub Manuzi" (weather god of [Mt.] Manuzi) Ishara, Allani, Maliya and two hyposthases of Nupatik.[6] During the festival, the formula "Lelluri has achieved her heart's desire" had to be recited aloud after pouring an offering for her into a rhyton.[7] A so-called ambašši offering to her consisted out of a lamb, a goose, a sheep and a loaf of bread.[8]
Like the so-called "Syrian
References
- ^ a b c Haas 2015, p. 409.
- ^ Pongratz-Leisten 2015, p. 71.
- ^ Haas 1982, p. 102.
- ^ Haas 2015, p. 410.
- ^ Haas 2015, p. 849.
- ^ Taracha 2009, p. 138.
- ^ Collins 1995, p. 323.
- ^ Haas 2015, p. 664.
- ^ Taracha 2009, pp. 119–120.
- ^ Sazonov 2019, p. 68.
- ^ Wilhelm 1992, p. 28.
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- Haas, Volkert (1982). Hethitische Berggötter und hurritische Steindämonen: Riten, Kulte und Mythen: eine Einführung in die altkleinasiatischen religiösen Vorstellungen. Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt (in German). P. von Zabern. ISBN 978-3-8053-0542-6. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- Haas, Volkert (2015) [1994]. Geschichte der hethitischen Religion. Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1: The Near and Middle East (in German). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-29394-6. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- Pongratz-Leisten, Beate (2015). Religion and Ideology in Assyria. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER). De Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-426-8. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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- Taracha, Piotr (2009). Religions of Second Millennium Anatolia. Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3447058858.
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