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Kušuḫ

deity sky Hurrian single tradition · 7

Kušuḫ is a pan-Hurrian moon god who appears as a divine witness in the treaty between Šattiwaza and Šuppiluliuma I alongside Šimige. He is depicted in the Yazılıkaya sanctuary in the procession of deities following Teshub, positioned between Šimige and Astabi.

↻ synthesized from 7 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Invoked as divine witness in treaty between Šattiwaza and Šuppiluliuma I. Depicted in Yazılıkaya sanctuary.

Relationships

co occurs with
Armazi, Arma, Kašku, Kab, Dadmiš, Halma, Tuḫḫitra, Mušītu, ‘Iṯum, Nineigara, Ninurima, Nimintabba, Yarikh, Šanugaru, hll, Hulelu, Kotharat, Kas’a, yrḫ kṯy, Ḫiriḫibi, ybrdmy, Ea-šarri, Napir, God Agni, Selardi, Išḫara, Nabarbi, Inanna, Utu, Ningal, Ningublaga, Numushda, Alammuš, Baal, Pidray, Shamash, Belet Nagar, Teshub, Adad, Ashtart, Nupatik, Aštabi, Kumarbi, Pišaišapḫi, Anat, Chandra, Anumati, ʿAṯtar
enemy of
Ušḫuni
syncretized with
Arma, Šaggar, Sin, Yarikh
allied with
Teššub, Šimige, Iya
consort of
Nikkal
parent of
Šauška
has aspect
Umbu
served by
Tapšuwari

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Mentioned by

and 10 more

Sources

wikipedia (7)
  1. Šimige
  2. List of lunar deities
  3. Arma (deity)
  4. Kušuḫ
  5. Saggar (god)
  6. Sin (mythology)
  7. Yarikh

Source passages

“Šimige is considered one of the 'pan-Hurrian' gods, similar to Teshub, Šauška, Kušuḫ, Kumarbi or Nupatik...He is invoked as one of the divine witnesses in the treaty between Šattiwaza and Šuppiluliuma I, where he appears alongside Kušuḫ.”

#17379 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Kušuḫ (Hurrian religion), god of the moon.”

#18451 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Arma was identified with the Hurrian Moon god Kušuḫ, as in Hittite sources which transmit the Hurrian "Song of Silver," in which the Moon god is defeated by the demon Ušḫuni”

#19132 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The worship of Kušuḫ is well attested in Hurrian documents from Ugarit. In offering lists, he appears between Kumarbi and Iya (Hayya). Once he instead occurs between the latter deity and Dadmiš.”

#19295 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Gabriele Theuer proposes that in some contexts Saggar could be identified with the Hurrian moon god Kušuḫ.”

#19426 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001