Ishkur
deity Mesopotamian single tradition · 2
Ishkur is a deity whose standard epithet is Ugurara, "howling storm".
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – -1595
- Historical notes
- Attested from Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lakupittu, Ugurtu, Shuwaliyat, Enlil, Nergal, Ugur, Ningishzida, Išḫara, Shuwala, Kubaba, Aštabi
- consort of
- Shala
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“However, it has been argued that it might instead be an unrelated theonym related to the term gur, "to (let) return", or to Ugurara, "howling storm", attested in later sources as a standard epithet of Ishkur.”
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“Identification of Shuwala with Shala, wife of the Mesopotamian weather god Ishkur (Adad), proposed by Edward Lipiński based on the similarity of the names, is regarded as unsubstantiated.”
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