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Shivini
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thumb|Shivini, a drawing based on an image on an object (a belt) from the History Museum of Armenia

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god
Gender
male
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Urartu God Shivini.jpg
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Urartian deities
domain of saint or deity
Sun
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thumb|Shivini, a drawing based on an image on an object (a belt) from the History Museum of Armenia

Shivini (), also known as Siuini, Artinis, Ardinis, was a solar god in the mythology of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highlands. He is the third god in a triad with Khaldi and Theispas. The Assyrian god Shamash is a counterpart to Shivini. He was depicted as a man on his knees, holding up a solar disc. His wife was most likely a goddess called Tushpuea who is listed as the third goddess on the Mheri-Dur inscription.

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

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