Teisheba

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Teisheba is the Urartian storm and war god, often associated with thunder, rain, and military power in the ancient Near Eastern pantheon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Teisheba canonical 15

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deity ⓘ
storm god ⓘ
war god ⓘ
associatedWith military power ⓘ
rain ⓘ
royal ideology ⓘ
storms ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
war ⓘ
culture Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
depictedAs armed warrior ⓘ
figure holding weapons ⓘ
domain warfare ⓘ
weather ⓘ
equatedWith Hittite storm god Tarhunna ⓘ
linked to: Tarḫunna

Hurrian god Teshub ⓘ
linked to: Tarḫunna
gender male ⓘ
importance major deity in Urartian pantheon ⓘ
languageAttested Urartian inscriptions ⓘ
pantheon Urartian pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Urartian mythology
region ancient Near East ⓘ
religion Urartian religion ⓘ
role protector of the army ⓘ
protector of the king ⓘ
symbol thunderbolt ⓘ
weaponry ⓘ
typeOfMythology Hurro-Urartian mythology ⓘ
linked to: Hurrian religion
worshipCenters Urartian fortresses and temples ⓘ
worshippedIn kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
worshipPeriod early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Urartu → otherDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Biainili → majorDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Shivini → partOfTriadWith → Teisheba ⓘ
Fortress of Teishebaini → namedAfter → Teisheba ⓘ
subject linked to: fortress of Teishebaini
Fortress of Teishebaini → dedicatedTo → Teisheba ⓘ
subject linked to: fortress of Teishebaini
Teishebaini → namedAfter → Teisheba ⓘ
Teishebaini → dedicatedTo → Teisheba ⓘ
Urartian religion → majorDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Urartian mythology → hasDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Urartian period → hasMajorDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Urartian kings → patronDeity → Teisheba ⓘ
Biainili people → majorDeity → Teisheba ⓘ