entities: ENT_URA_TEISHEBA

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_URA_TEISHEBA Teisheba   Urartian storm god / thunder deity Thunder Deity thunder; storm; lightning; rain; war; sky; the bull       A           Storm and thunder deity of Urartu; the second member of the divine triad Khaldi-Teisheba-Shivini. Teisheba (Teišeba) is linguistically and theologically identical to Hurrian Teshub (the chief storm deity of Hurrian and Hittite/Hurrian religion), with the name corresponding by regular Hurrian-to-Urartian sound change (Hurrian Teš(u)b → Urartian Teišeba). He is called "lord of the sky" in Urartian inscriptions and is associated with thunder, storms, and military valor; his sacred animal is the bull, consistent with the Anatolian storm deity iconographic tradition across Tarhunna (Hittite), Teshub (Hurrian), Adad (Akkadian), and Baal (Canaanite). His principal temple was at the Urartian capital Tushpa (modern Van); the major fortress-city Teishebaini ("city of Teisheba," modern Karmir Blur near Yerevan) was named for him. Piotrovsky's excavations at Karmir Blur yielded the richest Urartian cult material. Teisheba stands in a direct succession from the Hurrian storm deity tradition that entered Urartu through the Hurro-Urartian linguistic and cultural inheritance. Zimansky (1985) pp. 68-75; Piotrovsky (1969) pp. 95-100. deity

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