Shalash
Shalash (Šalaš) was a Syrian goddess best known as the wife of Dagan, the head of the pantheon of the middle Euphrates area. She was already worshiped in Ebla and Tuttul in the third millennium BCE, and later her cult is attested in Mari as well. She was also introduced to the Mesopotamian and Hurrian pantheons.
| Shalash | |
|---|---|
Wife of Dagan or Kumarbi | |
| Major cult center | Tuttul, Bitin |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | |
| Children | Hadad, possibly Hebat |
| Equivalents | |
| Mesopotamian equivalent | Ninlil |
Both in ancient Mesopotamian texts and in modern scholarships a long-standing issue is the differentiation between Shalash and the similarly named Shala, wife of the weather god Ishkur/Adad in Mesopotamia.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.