lion goddess
deity Hittites single tradition · 1
The Hittites practiced sacred prostitution as part of a cult of deities, including the worship of a mated pair of deities, a bull god and a lion goddess. The lion goddess was part of a mated pair of deities.
Relationships
- consort of
- bull god
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The Hittites practiced sacred prostitution as part of a cult of deities, including the worship of a mated pair of deities, a bull god and a lion goddess, while in later days it was the mother-goddess who became prominent, representing fertility, and (in Phoenicia) the goddess who presided over human birth.”
#20372 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001