Kiririsha

Kiririsha
Elamite “mother of gods”[1]
A female deity depicted on the Kurangun relief, often identified as Kiririsha[2]
Major cult centerLiyan, Chogha Zanbil
Personal information
ConsortNapirisha[2]
ChildrenHutran[3]

Kiririsha (Elamite: “great lady”[4]) was a major goddess worshiped in Elam.[5]

Early scholarship incorrectly identified her as one and the same as Pinikir, an unrelated goddess[6] from a different part of Elam.[1]

  1. ^ a b Vallat 2012.
  2. ^ a b Henkelman 2008, p. 331.
  3. ^ Potts 1999, p. 348.
  4. ^ Jahangirfar 2018, p. 108.
  5. ^ Jahangirfar 2018, p. 105.
  6. ^ Henkelman 2008, p. 354.

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