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Išḫara: One Deity – Many Aspects?

  • Doris Prechel

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.

  • Keywords:
  • Išḫara,
  • mothergoddess,
  • religious infiltration,
  • local avatars,
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Doris Prechel

University of Mainz Johannes Gutenberg, Germany

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Chapter Title

Išḫara: One Deity – Many Aspects?

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Doris Prechel

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English

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10.36253/979-12-215-0109-4.14

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Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria

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Proceedings of the TeAI Workshop Held in Verona, March 25-26, 2022

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Livio Warbinek, Federico Giusfredi

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2023

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Firenze University Press

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