Shaushka
Hurrian · deity · mythic · deity
Highest-ranked goddess of love and war, equated with Ishtar; associated with Nineveh. Attended by handmaidens Ninatta and Kulitta. In the Song of Hedammu she seduces and intoxicates the monster.
Parentage
Domains
- love
- war
- healing incantation
Powers
- Bewitch and pacify foes through allure and music
Epithets
- Šauška Ninuwawa
Relations
- sibling: Aranzah
- sibling: Hedammu
- sibling: Tasmisu
- sibling: Teshub
- sibling: Ullikummi
- equated with: Inanna