Lelwani or Leluwani[1] was a Hittite deity of the underworld of Hattic origin. While originally regarded as male and addressed as a "king," due to influence of Hurrian beliefs on the Hittites, Lelwani started to be viewed as female in later periods.
Lelwani or Leluwani was a Hittite deity of the underworld of Hattic origin. While originally regarded as male and addressed as a "king," due to influence...
gradually became little more than a title of Ereshkigal. The Hattian death god Lelwani, originally described as a male deity with the masculine title of katte(king)...
eventually came to be equated with her), Anatolian Sun goddess of the Earth and Lelwani, and possibly Ugaritic Arsay. It is presumed she was chiefly worshiped...
the younger gods to the Underworld, where they were ruled by the goddess Lelwani. Hittite scribes identified these deities with the Anunnaki. In ancient...
pre-Islamic goddess of fate Namtar, minor Mesopotamian deity of fate/destiny Lelwani, Hittite underworld deity who also determined fates Bangun Bangun (Suludnon...
an early date. In the Neo-Hittite period, the Hattian underworld god, Lelwani was also syncretised with her. In Hittite texts, she is referred to as...
Kurunta – god of wild animals and hunting, symbolized by the stag (Luwian) Lelwani – deity of the underworld; originally male, later female (Hattic) Mezulla...
Zilipuri could be counted among the deities forming the entourage of Lelwani, and it has been suggested that he was an underworld deity. Oğuz Soysal...
spelling of the name of Zilipuri, a Hattian chthonic god from the circle of Lelwani, or less plausibly the Mesopotamian god Nergal) was seemingly worshiped...
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