Kushuh

Hurrian moon-god, identified with Mesopotamian Sin; also called Umbu (perhaps the full moon). Consort Nikkal. Attested across Hattusa, Ugarit, Alalakh, Mari and Nuzi.

Domains

• moon

Powers

• Witness and guard oaths as the moon

Epithets

• Kušuḫ hittite · Kušuḫmoon-god equated with Sin, witness-deity in treatiesHittite-Hurrian treaty god-lists (Hattusa) (primary)
• Umbu hittite · Umbuby-name of the moon-god Kushuh (perhaps the full moon)V. Haas, Geschichte der hethitischen Religion (1994) (secondary)

Relations

• equated with: NannaKushuh is identified with Sin (Nanna/Suen), sharing the moon-god slot, the consort Nikkal (=Ningal, borrowed wholesale), and oath-guardianship. The Hurrian god's role in oath-cursing is more prominent.G. Wilhelm, The Hurrians (1989) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Hurrian cult texts from Hattusa, Ugarit, Nuzi (primary)