Kiririsha
Kiririsha was an Elamite goddess also regarded as the "mother of the gods". Frédéric Grillot considered her to be equivalent to Ninhursag, but partially based his conclusion on an assumed parallel between the presumed union of Ninhursag and Enki with that of Kiririsha and Napirisha.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1900 BCE
- Attested period
- -1900 – 0
- Historical notes
- Part of triad formed no earlier than first half of nineteenth century BCE; invoked in Middle Elamite period texts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ḫannaḫanna, ʔAṯeratum, Athirat, Upurkupak, Manzat, Inshushinak, Nahhunte, Pinikir, Nannar, Nah, Shalash, Sin, Humban, Lagamal, Adad, Shala
- consort of
- Napirisha
- allied with
- Inshushinak, Napirisha
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ninhursag was considered to be similar to the Elamite goddess Kiririsha, who was also regarded as the "mother of the gods". Frédéric Grillot considered them to be equivalent to one another, but partially based his conclusion on an assumed parallel between the presumed union of Ninhursag and Enki with that of Kiririsha and Napirisha.”
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“Kiririsha could form a triad with Napirisha and Inshushinak...Primary sources commonly recognize her and Napirisha as a couple.”
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“An inscription of Shilhak-Inshushinak mentions Nahhunte, labeled as "lord who protects," after Inshushinak, Kiririsha, Humban and Nannar, the last of these deities being a name of the Elamite moon god derived from Mesopotamian Nanna.”
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