Kiririsha
Elamite · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The 'Great Goddess' and 'mother of the gods'; consort of Napirisha, third member of the Middle Elamite triad, mistress of Liyan.
Domains
- motherhood
- death
Powers
- Bear and mother the gods of Elam
- Watch over Liyan as its tutelary mistress
Epithets
- the Great Lady The great mother-goddess of Elam, “lady of Liyan,” consort of NapirishaElamite royal inscriptions (Liyan, Chogha Zanbil) (primary)
- kiri riša the Great Goddess / Great LadyLiyan and Chogha Zanbil inscriptions (primary)
- ammama mother of the godsPotts, The Archaeology of Elam (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: HumbanReciprocal of elamite_humban.spouse — In the Neo-Elamite pantheon Kiririsha appears as the consort of Humban, king of the gods — the later pairing beside her Middle Elamite union with Napirisha.W. Hinz, The Lost World of Elam (1972) (secondary)
- spouse: NapirishaReciprocal of elamite_napirisha.spouse — The Great God of Anshan and the Great Goddess of Liyan are the divine couple heading the Middle Elamite pantheon.Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Liyan and Chogha Zanbil inscriptions of the national triad (primary); Encyclopaedia Iranica, ELAM vi. Elamite religion (secondary)