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Manuzi was not the only mountain god from southern Anatolia and northern Syria who could be labeled as a weather deity – Hittite documents refer to a weather god labeled as "Lord of Amaruk," apparently a derivative of the mountain god
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Manuzi was a mountain god, but he could also be identified as a form of Teshub, and as such could be referred to as "Teshub Manuzi." He was associated with a mountain and a settlement which both shared his name. According to
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text describing the appearance of various deities mentions that the cult statue of the mountain god Kuwarri was accompanied by an iron eagle, while an eagle made out of ivory was an attribute of Iškiša.
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origin. A separate ritual involved washing a golden statue of him. Eagles were also a symbol of other mountain gods in ancient
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Hittite documents attest the existence of a ritual dedicated to Manuzi which took place in the main temple of the
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notes the association of deified mountains with eagles is already attested in the case of the
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festival, known from a set of tablets with instructions pertaining to it prepared for queen
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known from texts from Ebla. The corresponding landmark was located somewhere in the land of
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festival mentions an eagle who sat on the shoulder of Manuzi, Eribuški, whose name has
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Adarwan in the third millennium BCE. An Eblaite incantation (ARET 5.16) refers to
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festival, which indicate he was the husband of the goddess
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as well, and as such was referred to as Teshub Manuzi.
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Index

Kizzuwatna
Lelluri
Hurrian
Teshub
Volkert Haas
Gulf of Alexandretta
Hurrian
Syria
Anatolia
Hittite
Volkert Haas
Eblaite
Ammarik
Mukish
Lelluri
Kummanni
Kizzuwatna
Puduḫepa
Allani
Išḫara
Nupatik
Luwian
Maliya
storm god of Hatti


Haas 2015
Taracha 2009

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