Marwainzi
Marwainzi are a group of deities known as "dark ones". Both Šanta and Iyarri could be linked with the Marwainzi.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1400 BCE
- Attested period
- -1400 – -1200
- Historical notes
- Appears in Hittite and Luwian sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Zappana, Innarawanteš, Annarumenzi, Ḫantašepa, Apollo, Ares, Areia, Erra, Iyaya, Ḫandasima
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Both Šanta and Iyarri could be linked with a group of deities known as Marwainzi, "dark ones". In the so-called ritual of Zarpiya, Šanta appears alongside deities known in Hittite as Innarawanteš and in Luwian as Annarumenzi, "forceful ones". He is referred to as their king in this text.”
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“In both Hittite and Luwian sources, Iyarri was sometimes paired with Šanta, a god of similar character, and both of them could be invoked alongside a group of deities known as Marwainzi, "dark ones".”
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“Both Šanta and Iyarri could be linked with a group of deities known as Marwainzi, "dark ones". In the so-called ritual of Zarpiya, Šanta appears alongside deities known in Hittite as Innarawanteš and in Luwian as Annarumenzi, "forceful ones". He is referred to as their king in this text”
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