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Kiririsha
EntityQ1996022· pop 14· linked from 57 articles

Kiririsha (Elamite: "great goddess") was a major goddess worshiped in Elam, referred to as "mother of gods" in some texts.

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Vinony's link graph records 57 inbound references to Kiririsha, and connects out to Elam, Iran and International Standard Book Number.

It is catalogued under the topic Elamite goddesses.

Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Deity.type
Elamite
Deity.name
Kiririsha
Deity.image
File:Kurangun female divinity, 2009-05-08.jpg
Deity.caption
A female deity depicted on Kurangun relief, often identified as Kiririsha
Deity.deity_of
Elamite “mother of gods”
Deity.consort
Napirisha
Deity.children
Hutran
Deity.cult_center
Liyan, Chogha Zanbil

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Kurangun female divinity, 2009-05-08.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Character
  • Association with other deities
  • Worship
  • Disproved theories
  • References
  • Bibliography

Kiririsha (Elamite: "great goddess") was a major goddess worshiped in Elam, referred to as "mother of gods" in some texts.

Early scholarship incorrectly identified her as one and the same as Pinikir, an unrelated goddess from a different part of Elam.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kiririsha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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