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