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 6

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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 (6)

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