Ma
deity sky Classical single tradition · 4
Ma was a goddess known from classical sources who has been proposed to have a less direct connection with Ḫepat. The relationship between these two deities is less certain than other proposed syncretisms.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 200
- Historical notes
- Classical goddess with proposed but less direct connection to Ḫepat.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Ḫepat
- co occurs with
- Selene, Mah, Máni, Min (god), Mēn Pharnakou, Nanna, Tammuz, Agdistis, Hannahannah, Innini, Mami, Pessinuntica, the Idaean Mother, Dingirmah, Teshub, Tarḫunz, Šarruma, Allanzu, Kunzišalli, Takitu, Sun goddess of Arinna, Pidray, Hipta, Enki, An, Inanna, Cybele, Ištar
- consort of
- Adad
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“A less direct connection between her and another figure known from classical sources, Ma, has also been proposed.”
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“Mah Ma (goddess)”
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“The temple was probably established by Pharnakes I in the 2nd century BC, apparently in an attempt to counterbalance the influence of the Moon goddess Ma of Comana.”
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“He links Ishtar, Tammuz, Innini, Ma (Cappadocia), Mami, Dingir-Mah, Cybele, Agdistis, Pessinuntica and the Idaean Mother to the cult of a great mother goddess.”
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