Kuvava
Lydian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Lydian form of the Syro-Anatolian goddess Kubaba (tutelary of Carchemish); per Hutter her Sardis cult was gradually displaced by Phrygian Cybele.
Domains
- city protection
- mother goddess
Powers
- Stand as tutelary guardian over the walled city
Epithets
- Kuvava The great mother-goddess of Sardis, the Lydian CybeleLydian inscriptions; Herodotus 5.102 (the shrine of Kybebe at Sardis) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hutter, Aspects of Luwian Religion (in Melchert ed., The Luwians, 2003) (secondary)