Chapter Between Adoption and Assimilation: The Case of Ištar of Ḫattarina
Barsacchi, Francesco Giuseppe
Chapter Between Adoption and Assimilation: The Case of Ištar of Ḫattarina - Florence Firenze University Press 2023 - 1 electronic resource (12 p.) - Studia Asiana 14 .
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In his investigation of the expansion of the cult of the "deity of the night" in Anatolia and her relationship with Ištar (Studien zu den Boğazk�y-Texten 46, 259-439), J. Miller exposed the complexity of a diachronical analysis of the religious phenomenon represented by the diffusion of local "forms" or "aspects" of Ištar during the late Hittite period. However, many relevant issues concerning the role of the goddess in the Hittite dynastic pantheon, heavily influenced by Ḫurrian beliefs, and her presence in local pantheons, are still to be dealt with. As a case study, the present contribution will focus in particular on the goddess Ištar of Ḫattarina, attested together with the "Kanešite gods" Pirwa and Aškašepa in Muwatalli II's prayer CTH 381. This unusual association may be derived from the interpretation of a local female deity traditionally defined as MUNUS.LUGAL, "queen" in Hittite local pantheons, as a form of Ištar.
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979-12-215-0109-4.08 9791221501094
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Hittite cult Hittite pantheon Hittite religion Ištar Local cults
Chapter Between Adoption and Assimilation: The Case of Ištar of Ḫattarina - Florence Firenze University Press 2023 - 1 electronic resource (12 p.) - Studia Asiana 14 .
Open Access
In his investigation of the expansion of the cult of the "deity of the night" in Anatolia and her relationship with Ištar (Studien zu den Boğazk�y-Texten 46, 259-439), J. Miller exposed the complexity of a diachronical analysis of the religious phenomenon represented by the diffusion of local "forms" or "aspects" of Ištar during the late Hittite period. However, many relevant issues concerning the role of the goddess in the Hittite dynastic pantheon, heavily influenced by Ḫurrian beliefs, and her presence in local pantheons, are still to be dealt with. As a case study, the present contribution will focus in particular on the goddess Ištar of Ḫattarina, attested together with the "Kanešite gods" Pirwa and Aškašepa in Muwatalli II's prayer CTH 381. This unusual association may be derived from the interpretation of a local female deity traditionally defined as MUNUS.LUGAL, "queen" in Hittite local pantheons, as a form of Ištar.
Creative Commons
English
979-12-215-0109-4.08 9791221501094
10.36253/979-12-215-0109-4.08 doi
History
Hittite cult Hittite pantheon Hittite religion Ištar Local cults