Kuvava

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

Sources

• Hutter, Aspects of Luwian Religion (in Melchert ed., The Luwians, 2003)